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as in dusk
a time or place of little or no light
lovers would often retreat to the gloaming of the park's many secluded recesses to steal a kiss
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as in sunset
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness
with the gloaming came the familiar call of the whip-poor-will
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Recent Examples of gloaming
Just across the street was a second landfill, belonging to a Texas company called Weeks Environmental, whose own black mountain—nearly ten million additional barrels of waste—rose into the Texas gloaming.
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Justin Nobel, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Some of these convey important information; others emerged, devoid of any useful meaning, from the marketing gloaming.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2018
So imagine everyone’s delight when Bennifer reemerged from the gloaming after Lopez split with fiance Alex Rodriguez.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
The game down on the field seems to be played in the gloaming.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022
Tony Kemp hit an eighth-inning, two-run homer in the gloaming at the Oakland Coliseum Sunday to give the A’s a 3-1 win over the Yankees in a game that might wind up being the biggest win of the season for the A’s.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2021
The bar shares an appetizer menu with the restaurant; in the gloaming, the seafood towers sparkle.
—The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2021
Queens in the gloaming, the sky a smear of pinks and purples.
—Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2020
There were sourdough waffles to start the day and tuna sandwiches for lunch, a few hours of everyone reading novels in separate corners before a long solitary walk in the gloaming, accompanied by gloved waves across generally empty streets.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020
Justin Nobel, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Some of these convey important information; others emerged, devoid of any useful meaning, from the marketing gloaming.
—Brian Barrett, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2018
So imagine everyone’s delight when Bennifer reemerged from the gloaming after Lopez split with fiance Alex Rodriguez.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
The game down on the field seems to be played in the gloaming.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022
Tony Kemp hit an eighth-inning, two-run homer in the gloaming at the Oakland Coliseum Sunday to give the A’s a 3-1 win over the Yankees in a game that might wind up being the biggest win of the season for the A’s.
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2021
The bar shares an appetizer menu with the restaurant; in the gloaming, the seafood towers sparkle.
—The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2021
Queens in the gloaming, the sky a smear of pinks and purples.
—Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2020
There were sourdough waffles to start the day and tuna sandwiches for lunch, a few hours of everyone reading novels in separate corners before a long solitary walk in the gloaming, accompanied by gloved waves across generally empty streets.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloaming
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Jupiter can be seen at dusk, high overhead in the south, according to NASA.—
Terry Dickerson,
NBC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The easiest way to see the planetary lineup is to head outside at dusk and find Venus, the brightest and most conspicuous of the planets, shining in the west-southwest sky.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Currently, Mercury sets about 90 minutes after sunset; about a half hour after sundown look for it about 10 degrees above the west-southwest horizon.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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The planet parade that began in January will then come to an end by mid-to-late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the sky each night after sunset, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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Buy So, even with a 53-11 record and Oklahoma City applying regular-season beatings to the rest of the NBA every night, there is still an air of mystery around the Thunder’s championship-level viability.—
Tony Jones,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Ideal for chilly nights and windy days, this lightweight cardigan is also available in red, white, and gray.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
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See if the Ohio History Center comes alive after dark at Night at the Museum.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Florida Man also doesn’t do dark and overly morbid things.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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So, set your clocks ahead, grab your favorite CBD gummy, and embrace the longer evenings.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article With property values rising and new apartment complexes going up all through the town center, West Hartford continues to get financially stronger and is poised for more growth, Mayor Shari Cantor said Monday evening in her annual State of the Town speech.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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Passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness during this stretch and get to see Earth against the blackness of space.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, shone above the horizon, brilliant against the blackness.—
Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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This means that during daylight saving time, many young people get up and travel to school in pitch darkness.—
Beth Ann Malow,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2025
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The field is increasingly engulfed in darkness, and—with the score tied—the players must choose between the reckless absurdity of playing a night game without lights and the eternal purgatory of leaving the final contest unresolved.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2025
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