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Definition of dusk in English: dusknoun dʌskdəsk 1The darker stage of twilight. working the land from dawn to dusk Example sentencesExamples - In the twilight dusk, I followed him out the door and up the garden path, where he tripped over a loose rock and fell to one knee.
- As the dusk fell, heart-wrenching songs on the plight of child workers were sung.
- In the half-light his mind tricks would work more effectively, since the dusk was conducive to belief more than was high noon.
- As dusk fell only one had taken them up on the offer - the rest opting to remain in their homes or stay with relatives.
- You will only placate them until you are finished with the days, the dawns, the dusks, the sky, the moon.
- The sun had set but the fields were soaked with light in the dusk.
- Lucas sat by the fire staring into the flames as he saw the dusk of night slowly falling.
- When dusk fell, the serenity of the Mojave Desert swallowed the small city, reclaiming it to the still of the night.
- As dusk fell, the Gandhi Park grounds were set aglow as hundreds of candles were lit to commemorate the occasion.
- As dusk fell and turned to night, an elderly cleric began to recite several verses of the Koran while the congregation repeated after him.
- As dusk falls their hemlines get higher, their V-lines lower, more revealing, vulgar.
- As he stood up against the fading light of the dusk, the hard trek was behind.
- I have no idea where we went, except to say that it was probably east, and we walked two hours to a point and two hours back to the summit and then pitched our tent in the dusk.
- As dusk fell, many gathered for a service of prayer on the beach.
- Summer is also wonderful because of the mid-week fell races that come with the light evenings and go in the Autumn when early dusks reappear.
- Almost exactly 48 hours later, as the championship finished in the dusk on Sunday, we had the answer.
- As dusk fell the quality of the music rose noticeably.
- They look beautiful in the dusk as the lights inside shine through the carving.
- Hours passed, the dusk of curfew crept, the body remained.
- I fell in love with his home town, Aleppo, as soon as we arrived, weary in the dusk of a balmy, jasmine-scented evening.
Synonyms twilight, nightfall, sunset, sundown, evening, close of day dark, darkness, semi-darkness, gathering darkness, gloom, gloominess, murk, murkiness, shades of evening literary gloaming, eventide, eve, even, evenfall rare tenebrosity, owl light, crepuscule - 1.1literary mass noun Semi-darkness.
Example sentencesExamples - The island was enveloped in the shades of dusk and the wind from the sea was extremely cold.
Synonyms darkness, semi-darkness, dark, gloominess, dimness, blackness, murkiness, murk, shadows, shade, shadiness, obscurity
verb dʌskdəsk [no object]literary Grow dark. the sky dusked and the shadows got long and hard Example sentencesExamples - I watch the horizon dusking ripe and remember the darkness of that one film - the scene, that scene, when she collapses.
- The night of the dance dawned - or should I say dusked?
- She gazed into his troubled face, dark hair falling across green eyes, sunlight dusking his pale skin, like fate waking up to morning air.
adjective dʌskdəsk literary Shadowy, dim, or dark. the dusk demesnes of night Example sentencesExamples - From the valley comes a drumbeat of hooves as a tall horse gallops through the dusk shadows, bare but for a slim, young boy.
- Open, solid, and hatched bars are the hours of lights on, lights off, and dusk lighting, respectively.
- She refused to be startled by the shifting dusk shadows.
- Chewing her lip thoughtfully, she wandered over to the window seat and looked out over the gardens, glowing a rich crimson in the dusk light.
- They used the dusk shadows to their advantage by hiding in them.
Origin Old English dox 'dark, swarthy' and doxian 'darken in colour', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin 'darkish'; compare with dun1 The noun dates from the early 17th century The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English. Rhymes busk, husk, musk, rusk, tusk Definition of dusk in US English: dusknoundəskdəsk 1The darker stage of twilight. working the land from dawn to dusk Example sentencesExamples - As dusk fell only one had taken them up on the offer - the rest opting to remain in their homes or stay with relatives.
- In the twilight dusk, I followed him out the door and up the garden path, where he tripped over a loose rock and fell to one knee.
- Almost exactly 48 hours later, as the championship finished in the dusk on Sunday, we had the answer.
- As dusk falls their hemlines get higher, their V-lines lower, more revealing, vulgar.
- I have no idea where we went, except to say that it was probably east, and we walked two hours to a point and two hours back to the summit and then pitched our tent in the dusk.
- As dusk fell, many gathered for a service of prayer on the beach.
- You will only placate them until you are finished with the days, the dawns, the dusks, the sky, the moon.
- Hours passed, the dusk of curfew crept, the body remained.
- When dusk fell, the serenity of the Mojave Desert swallowed the small city, reclaiming it to the still of the night.
- As dusk fell, the Gandhi Park grounds were set aglow as hundreds of candles were lit to commemorate the occasion.
- The sun had set but the fields were soaked with light in the dusk.
- As he stood up against the fading light of the dusk, the hard trek was behind.
- In the half-light his mind tricks would work more effectively, since the dusk was conducive to belief more than was high noon.
- As dusk fell and turned to night, an elderly cleric began to recite several verses of the Koran while the congregation repeated after him.
- They look beautiful in the dusk as the lights inside shine through the carving.
- As the dusk fell, heart-wrenching songs on the plight of child workers were sung.
- Summer is also wonderful because of the mid-week fell races that come with the light evenings and go in the Autumn when early dusks reappear.
- Lucas sat by the fire staring into the flames as he saw the dusk of night slowly falling.
- As dusk fell the quality of the music rose noticeably.
- I fell in love with his home town, Aleppo, as soon as we arrived, weary in the dusk of a balmy, jasmine-scented evening.
Synonyms twilight, nightfall, sunset, sundown, evening, close of day - 1.1literary Semidarkness.
in the dusk of an Istanbul nightclub Example sentencesExamples - The island was enveloped in the shades of dusk and the wind from the sea was extremely cold.
Synonyms darkness, semi-darkness, dark, gloominess, dimness, blackness, murkiness, murk, shadows, shade, shadiness, obscurity
verbdəskdəsk [no object]literary Grow dark. the sky dusked and the shadows got long and hard Example sentencesExamples - I watch the horizon dusking ripe and remember the darkness of that one film - the scene, that scene, when she collapses.
- The night of the dance dawned - or should I say dusked?
- She gazed into his troubled face, dark hair falling across green eyes, sunlight dusking his pale skin, like fate waking up to morning air.
adjectivedəskdəsk literary Shadowy, dim, or dark. Example sentencesExamples - From the valley comes a drumbeat of hooves as a tall horse gallops through the dusk shadows, bare but for a slim, young boy.
- They used the dusk shadows to their advantage by hiding in them.
- Open, solid, and hatched bars are the hours of lights on, lights off, and dusk lighting, respectively.
- Chewing her lip thoughtfully, she wandered over to the window seat and looked out over the gardens, glowing a rich crimson in the dusk light.
- She refused to be startled by the shifting dusk shadows.
Origin Old English dox ‘dark, swarthy’ and doxian ‘darken in color’, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tusin ‘darkish’; compare with dun The noun dates from the early 17th century The change in form from -x to -sk occurred in Middle English. |