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How to pronounce dusk in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crepuscle, crepuscule, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight
Type of hour, time of day
Has types night
Derivation dusky
Type Words
Type of darken

Examples of dusk

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Around dusk, my wife, Linda, starts looking out the window for our new neighbor.
From the suntimes.com
All we can say on this evidence, admittedly at dusk, is hats off to the surgeon.
From the independent.co.uk
An aide held a white umbrella over the 82-year-old pontiff in a drizzle at dusk.
From the bostonherald.com
Raffle, cake wheel and food will be available for purchase from 11 a.m. to dusk.
From the washingtonpost.com
Crowds began to gather just before dusk for the ceremonial lighting of the tree.
From the voanews.com
Free outdoor screenings are offered nightly on the waterfront beginning at dusk.
From the freep.com
Then, as dusk settled, Cameron took the short drive up the Mall to do just that.
From the time.com
The walls seem to disappear at dusk and artificial light within appears to glow.
From the post-gazette.com
At dusk, roll them up, pull down the top windows and pull up the bottom windows.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Twilight: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
  • Become dusk
  • Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight just before night...
  • Dusk is Badlands's third and final album. It was originally recorded in 1992-1993 as a demo to submit to their label.
  • The Keys to the Kingdom is a fantasy-adventure book series, written by Garth Nix, started in 2003 with Mister Monday. The series follows the story of Arthur Penhaligon and his charge as the Rightful Heir of the Architect to claim the Seven Keys to the Kingdom and the seven demesnes of the House.
  • Dusk was an identity used by several fictional superheroes in the Marvel Universe. It was eventually adopted by college student Cassie St. Commons, who appeared in the Marvel Comics' series, Slingers.
  • Dusk is the time of day just after sunset.
  • Po-on A Novel is a novel written by Francisco Sionil Josu00E9, a Filipino English-language writer. This is the original title when it was first published in the Philippines in the English language. In the United States, it was published under the title Dusk: A Novel. For this novel's translation into Tagalog, the title Po-on Isang Nobela u2013 a direct translation of Po-on A Novel - was adopted.
  • Dusk is the 5th album by The The, recorded in 1992 and released by Sony Records in January 1993. The album peaked at #2 in the UK, and at #142 in America. In 2002 the album was reissued in remastered form on CD.