All 17 Uses
twilight
in
Watership Down
(Edited)
- The May sunset was red in clouds, and there was still half an hour to twilight.
p. 3.7twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness
- "Hazel?" said Bigwig, sniffing at him in the deep twilight among the tree roots.
p. 10.1 *twilight = the light at the time of day between daylight and darkness
- Soon they were in a gray twilight and could see that the stream bordered the further edge of the wood.
p. 32.9twilight = light from the time of day between daylight and darkness
- The north-facing escarpment of Watership Down, in shadow since early morning, now caught the western sun for an hour before twilight.
p. 121.2twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness
- To Hazel, it seemed a likely place for a weasel: or the white owl, perhaps, might fly along the escarpment at twilight, looking inward with its stony eyes, ready to turn a few feet sideways and pick off the shelf anything that moved.
p. 126.2
- In the twilight a swift flew screaming overhead and Hazel turned to Dandelion.
p. 128.7twilight = the light from the time of day between daylight and darkness
- Twilight had fallen over the cornfield, for although long red rays still lit the upper down, the sun had set below.
p. 135.9
- With the melting of the last of the twilight there grew a kind of expectancy and tension, as though it were thawing snow about to slide from a sloping roof.
p. 178.9
- They reached the sheds in the twilight after sunset.
p. 211.4
- In the livid, foggy twilight, Fiver stared at the board.
p. 227.1
- The evening came on cold and misty, and well before twilight a fog came down thick.
p. 268.7twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness
- Later that evening, in the last of the twilight, the rabbits came out and attacked King Darzin's soldiers.
p. 271.6twilight = the light from the time of day between daylight and darkness
- They went rather hesitantly down into the cutting, half expecting the fiery, thundering angel of Frith to appear out of the twilight; but the silence remained unbroken.
p. 288.8
- In the thundery twilight, Blackavar looked more sick and dejected than ever.
p. 343.8
- They fed among the dew and the long shadows, with twilight already fallen in the fields below.
p. 393.7
- As soon as twilight fell and Thlayli and his rabbits had gone underground, they would come along the ridge and attack the warren.
p. 417.6twilight = the time of day between daylight and darkness
- The Efrafans had reached the hanger at early twilight and at once begun a search along the banks and among the trees to find out how big the warren was and where its holes were.
p. 422.4
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