gloaming

Example Sentences

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I’m more of an evening than a morning person, so this arrangement makes viewing Mercury easier for me, and I’m always delighted when I can catch it in the gloaming.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

In Gates’s telling, the Black church, too, shines bright even as the nation itself moves uncertainly through the gloaming, seeking justice on earth — as it is in heaven.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2021

There are exceptions, of course, to the rout of big old trees, including the old growth in the gloaming of the Pacific Northwest’s rainforests.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2020

The players can barely be seen but can somehow see each other, and they run plays crisply through the gloaming without a stumble.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2019

The rain was done and the cloudy gloaming had become true twilight.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman