often attributive
1
: 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
also
: 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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As twilight fades in the western sky, look for the brilliant planet Venus shining at magnitude -4.8 near a delicate waxing crescent moon.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Several of them will only appear low on the western horizon around twilight, but three will be bright and high in the sky after sunset.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
When evening twilight ends at 6:58 p.m. ET Friday, the Cheshire moon will appear, according to the space agency.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Between 60 and 73 percent of the species recorded in more than one project showed signs of at least two types of daily rhythms: some mixture of daytime, night, and twilight activity.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Several of them will only appear low on the western horizon around twilight, but three will be bright and high in the sky after sunset.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
When evening twilight ends at 6:58 p.m. ET Friday, the Cheshire moon will appear, according to the space agency.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
Between 60 and 73 percent of the species recorded in more than one project showed signs of at least two types of daily rhythms: some mixture of daytime, night, and twilight activity.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2025
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 12 Mar. 2025.
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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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