gloaming
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gloaming
First recorded before 1000; Middle English gloming, Old English glōmung, derivative of glōm “twilight”
Example Sentences
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I’m more of an evening than a morning person, so this arrangement makes viewing Mercury easier for me, and I’m always delighted when I can catch it in the gloaming.
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023
The gray gloaming and hallucinatory mists envelop a spare and savage landscape, with the witches shape shifting into three black birds.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2021
There are exceptions, of course, to the rout of big old trees, including the old growth in the gloaming of the Pacific Northwest’s rainforests.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2020
The players can barely be seen but can somehow see each other, and they run plays crisply through the gloaming without a stumble.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2019
In front of him lights sprang out in the gloaming; dogs barked; feet came running.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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