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How to pronounce twilight in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dusky, twilit


the twilight glow of the sky.
Type Words
Synonyms crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall
Type of time of day, hour
Has types night


he loved the twilight.
Type Words
Type of declination, decline


in the twilight of the empire.
Type Words
Type of visible light, visible radiation, light

Examples of twilight

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Villeneuve, for all of his fanfare, enters NASCAR in the twilight of his career.
From the sportingnews.com
On this occasion the aircraft took off about 20 minutes before evening twilight.
From the nzherald.co.nz
A friend from Auckland was playing in the weekly nine-hole twilight competition.
From the stuff.co.nz
The fight was Jones'attempt to salvage some glory in the twilight of his career.
From the omaha.com
Take atour during the day tours or visit the pack at twilight on selected dates.
From the guardian.co.uk
No other team is going to pay him superstar money in the twilight of his career.
From the kentucky.com
Now, the room is bathed in evening twilight washing through the greenhouse roof.
From the sacbee.com
Crafts, food, entertainment, sporting events, twilight parade and newlywed game.
From the dailyherald.com
During her twilight years, Muriel lived in sheltered accommodation in Stockwood.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
More examples
  • Dusky: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
  • The time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
  • The diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
  • A condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire"
  • Twilight is the time between dawn and sunrise, and between sunset and dusk. Sunlight scattered in the upper atmosphere illuminates the lower atmosphere, and the surface of the Earth is neither completely lit nor completely dark. ...
  • Twilight is a 1998 thriller/Neo-noir film directed by Robert Benton. It stars Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon, Stockard Channing, and James Garner. The screenplay was written by Benton and Richard Russo, and the original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein.
  • Twilight is a 2008 American romantic vampire film based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series. ...
  • Twilight is an American black metal band formed in 2005 and originally commissioned by the Swedish underground label Total Holocaust Records. ...
  • Twilight is the third album released by Blue System. Was published in 1989 by BMG Ariola and was produced by Dieter Bohlen. The album contains 10 new songs.