gloam

American  

[glohm] / gloʊm /

noun

Archaic.

1. twilight; gloaming.

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Etymology

Origin of gloam

First recorded in 1815–25; back formation from gloaming

Example Sentences

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

And those who in her realm did roam, Whether it were in dawn or gloam, They all have felt their hearts held fast In spells of mystery she has cast.

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various

Oh, to float in the gloam on the bubbly foam With her lily face above!

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.

Or built us some snug country home Among the hills; with terraces Vine-hung and orchared o'er the foam Of the Ohio, far one sees Wind crimson in the gloam.

From Days and Dreams Poems by Cawein, Madison J.