gloam
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gloam
First recorded in 1815–25; back formation from gloaming
Example Sentences
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I loved the walk home after work, a damp mist falling, the sky turning purple and the White House aglow in the evening gloam, so close that you could reach out and touch it.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021
The summer was over too fast and suddenly I was back to Dublin’s autumn gloam, to my night job in a cinema, and to college, where I bumped into Rob again.
From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2019
I saw their starved lips in the gloam With horrid warning gapèd wide; And I awoke, and found me here On the cold hill-side.
From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael
I saw their starv'd lips in the gloam With horrid warning gaped wide, And I awoke, and found me here On the cold hill's side.
From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by Robertson, M. (Margaret)
About my waxen hands supine, Folded in prayer at life's deep gloam, My rosary of opals twine, Blessed by His Holiness at Rome.
From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Lee, Agnes
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