gloam
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gloam
First recorded in 1815–25; back formation from gloaming
Example Sentences
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I loved the walk home after work, a damp mist falling, the sky turning purple and the White House aglow in the evening gloam, so close that you could reach out and touch it.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2021
The summer was over too fast and suddenly I was back to Dublin’s autumn gloam, to my night job in a cinema, and to college, where I bumped into Rob again.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2019
I saw their starv'd lips in the gloam With horrid warning gaped wide, And I awoke, and found me here On the cold hill's side.
From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by Robertson, M. (Margaret)
Our love and admiration lifted a starry dome Of happiness above her in life's last hour of gloam, And snow-white pure she passed then to her eternal home.
From Poems and Songs by Palmer, Arthur Hubbell
Oh, to list in the gloam by the pearly foam Of a sad, far-sounding shore The strain of the shell of an ocean belle From caves where the waters roar!
From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.
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