How to Use twilight in a Sentence

twilight

noun
  • The sun set and twilight fell.
  • In twilight, the bear comes face-to-face with a pack of wolves.
    — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Slowly, like ghosts from the twilight, the field emerged just past the top of the stretch.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 19 May 2018
  • And port and a good cigar in the twilight and quiet to smoke it in.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • And the Heat turned to Wade, back in South Beach for the twilight of his career.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Yet today, in the twilight of the decade, the picture is cheerier.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Standing in the twilight as the cows grazed on dirty hay, the air felt still and silent.
    — Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • What happens when twilight is in the middle of the day?
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The device is $99.99 and comes in a new twilight blue shade.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Games, a twilight hike and s’mores around the campfire are planned.
    — Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • But even the sure-bet shows are iffy in this fearful maybe-twilight of the virus.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The sound of a single gunshot tore through the twilight.
    — oregonlive, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The film sounds earnest and touching in a minor, twilight-of-the-’60s way.
    — chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
  • That night, Jupiter will be the brightest thing at twilight.
    — Marisol Chávez, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Get on the water at sunset or twilight for the best views.
    — Jill K. Robinson, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Early risers can catch the moon and Venus in the morning twilight of Sept. 11 and 12.
    — Geoff Chester, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • So, are the tech leviathans entering the twilight at last?
    — Larry Light, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Glad to enjoy a win in the twilight of the Ovi era with some beautiful goals from the big man.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Raman, on the other hand, was at the twilight of his career when the show closed.
    — Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Music started and beat on into the twilight; the shadows stretched from the roots of the trees.
    — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The day wound down around 6:30, as twilight approached.
    — Margaret Mary Finlan, Philly.com, 25 May 2018
  • Serra looks out to where the waves break over the twilight reef with a dull and constant roar, like the engine of the world.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Or the twilight of Chicago as a place that still holds secrets?
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • The Sheep Meadow at twilight: silvery light, wet leaves on the grass.
    — EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • That opens the door to some high-profile players in the twilight of their career.
    — NBC News, 29 July 2024
  • Makelele arrived at Chelsea in the twilight of his career.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • This is when the sky will appear as if in civil twilight.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The 55-year-old Daly rode in a golf cart because of a balky knee and is well into the twilight of a career.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Saturn should be bright enough to see around twilight in the southeast sky.
    — Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 11 July 2018
  • The whole point is the opposite: doing it throughout your life rather than waiting solely for the twilight years.
    — Vicki Salemi, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025

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