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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And Jupiter, which will be nothing more than a bright, white dot against the bright twilight background, will appear only 5 degrees higher.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 May 2025
From summer through October, the rooftop transforms into a cinematic wonderland, screening cult classics against the twilight sky.
—Malik Peay, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Listen to this article 2 min The NBA’s greatest-player-of-all-time debate has raged on as LeBron James has continued to excel in the twilight of his NBA career.
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Outdoor rooms unfurl beside their canopy—terraces for twilight suppers, a future pool deck pitched toward the lake breeze.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 May 2025
From summer through October, the rooftop transforms into a cinematic wonderland, screening cult classics against the twilight sky.
—Malik Peay, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Listen to this article 2 min The NBA’s greatest-player-of-all-time debate has raged on as LeBron James has continued to excel in the twilight of his NBA career.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025
Outdoor rooms unfurl beside their canopy—terraces for twilight suppers, a future pool deck pitched toward the lake breeze.
—Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 22 May 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 4 Jun. 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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