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twilight

adjective noun

Lighted by or as if by twilight; - Henry Fielding

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
T
Ends with
T
Contains
WI
Scrabble score
15

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt

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adjective

  1. Lighted by or as if by twilight; - Henry Fielding

    “The dusky night rides down the sky / And ushers in the morn”

noun

  1. The time of day immediately following sunset

    “He loved the twilight”

noun

  1. The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth

noun

  1. A condition of decline following successes

    “In the twilight of the empire”

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Example Sentences

The dusky night rides down the sky / And ushers in the morn
The twilight glow of the sky
A boat on a twilit river
He loved the twilight
They finished before the fall of night
In the twilight of the empire

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