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crepuscule
[ kri-puhs-kyool, krep-uh-skyool ]
noun
- twilight; dusk.
Word History and Origins
Origin of crepuscule1
Example Sentences
The final part of the brutal Mortirolo climb took place in a sinister crepuscule, with the only light coming from the TV motorbikes’ headlights as rain further reduced visibility.
A few of the older streets lie in perpetual crepuscule, being vaulted by gigantic elms and limes as opaque as arches of masonry.
The elder man turned to the window, and through the grey curtain of crepuscule recognised the rakish topsail schooner that had excited Molly's admiration some days before.
You were dining out, and Mouston and I had gone for a ramble in the park—it's gorgeous there in the crepuscule—and we were quite close to the Hermitage.
Youth gave way to middle age, and middle age to the crepuscule of life, and the seasons came, and the seasons went, and one life in that sanctuary seemed fated to go on for ever.
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