dusk

IPA: dˈʌsk

noun

  • The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.
  • A darkish colour.
  • The condition of being dusky; duskiness

verb

  • (intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.
  • (transitive) To make dusk.

adjective

  • Tending to darkness or blackness; moderately dark or black; dusky.
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Examples of "dusk" in Sentences

  • The pursuit lasted until the dusk.
  • Dusk is the best times for the beach.
  • The sight at dusk is especially alluring.
  • Dusk is the beginning of darkness in the evening.
  • The Keeper said that the Denizen was Saturday's Dusk.
  • Even when dusk is descending, he is never ready to leave.
  • COME, for the dusk is our own; let us fare forth together,
  • The dawn to dusk teaching was mostly the rote learning of Latin.
  • The video was filmed between dusk and dawn in the countryside of Essex.
  • It is secretive and crepuscular, being most active around dawn and dusk.
  • The duo also recorded under the aliases Dusk Til Dawn and The Eden Project.
  • In the wild Roborovski hamsters are crepuscular, most active at dawn and dusk.
  • The sound of birdsong in the brief dusk is a shock, an exotic reminder of lazy summer evenings long past.
  • Its impressive network of canals may lack the gondolas of its Italian sister, but the view at dusk is pretty and romantic while standing on any number of foot paths and bridges dotting the city.
  • You can also try your hand at paddling through Kayak Pittsburgh, which offers free kayaking 4 p.m. to dusk Monday-Friday in Lake Elizabeth on Pittsburgh's North Side, near the National Aviary (10 a. m.-dusk Saturday and Sunday, $5 per boat).

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