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twilight
adjective
noun
Lighted by or as if by twilight; - Henry Fielding
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ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt
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adjective
Lighted by or as if by twilight; - Henry Fielding
“The dusky night rides down the sky / And ushers in the morn”
noun
The time of day immediately following sunset
“He loved the twilight”
noun
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
A condition of decline following successes
“In the twilight of the empire”
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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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