often attributive
1
a
: the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust
especially
: such light immediately following sunset
b
: a time of twilight
2
a
: an intermediate state that is not clearly defined
… lived in the twilight of neutrality …—
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b
: a period of decline
Examples of twilight in a Sentence
The sun set and twilight fell.
stumbled around the twilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going
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When To See Jupiter Join The Sky Show The crescent moon’s journey through the twilight sky continues over the following evenings.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
James could set a precedent of star players spending their twilight years in glamor markets on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The shades of twilight in Badlands National Park would test the limits of a Crayola 64-pack—the darkening sky contrasted against multilayered rock formations changing colors in the dying light.
—Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026
Consider twilight images with all the lights on.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
James could set a precedent of star players spending their twilight years in glamor markets on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 15 May 2026
The shades of twilight in Badlands National Park would test the limits of a Crayola 64-pack—the darkening sky contrasted against multilayered rock formations changing colors in the dying light.
—Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026
Consider twilight images with all the lights on.
—Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for twilight
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“Twilight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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twilight
noun
twi·light
ˈtwī-ˌlīt 
: the period or the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night
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