All 4 Uses
twilight
in
The Notebook
(Edited)
- They held each other tightly, making it real, both of them letting the fourteen years of separation dissolve in the deepening twilight.
twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness
- He saw a family of turtles resting on a partially submerged log and watched as a heron broke for flight, skimming just above the water before vanishing into the silver twilight that preceded sunrise.
*twilight = light from the sky between daylight and darkness
- I have no time for worry in this twilight of my life.
*twilight = time of decline towards the end
- In time, silver twilight is the only remainder of the day, and still we talk of the poetry.
twilight = light like that from the time of day between daylight and darkness (in this case just after sunset, but in other usage, it could be just before sunrise)
Definitions:
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(1)
(twilight as in: pink clouds in a twilight sky) the time of day between daylight and darkness (just after sunset or just before sunrise); or the light from the sky at that time
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(2)
(twilight as in: the twilight of her career) a condition of decline following successes
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, twilight can refer to