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.
- 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.