dusk

Example Sentences

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This wrenching documentary takes place on a Florida cul-de-sac where kids play outside from dawn till dusk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Pruetz and her team of Senegalese researchers follow the group's adult males, which currently number 10, choosing one each day to track from dawn to dusk.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

But in the powerless dusk, as the sun slipped behind the Rockies, the cottage we had rented began to light up with candles—short, tall, big, small, whatever we could find.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

A government statement said that prosecutions would be difficult due to the small size of cats and their tendency to be "most active at dawn or dusk".

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The shadows that crept along the forest floor grew long and melted into the dusk.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood