Gloaming

Definitions

1. Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
2. Sullenness; melancholy.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Where in purple hue, the hieland hills we view⟳ / And the moon coming out in the gloaming.”

“You may imagine⟳ the young people brushed up after the labours of the day, and making this novelty, as they would make⟳ any novelty, the excuse⟳ for walking together and enjoying a trivial flirtation. You may figure⟳ to yourself the hum of voices along the road in the gloaming[…]”

“I clung to her nipples as she soared and swooped through the gloaming, scooping up insects, and I remember⟳ the shapes of things that she flew between, above, beneath.”

“Your alarm bells, your alarm / They should be ringing, they should be ringing / This is the gloaming”

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