gloam

American  

[glohm] / gloʊm /

noun

Archaic.

1. twilight; gloaming.

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Etymology

Origin of gloam

First recorded in 1815–25; back formation from gloaming

Example Sentences

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

There’s not much talking down the lines, Nor shouting down the gloam; For when the night is ’round us, then We’re thinking most of home!

From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various

In the hush of the gloam, when my feet Roam through the rich garden-closes, Dost thou tell I am coming, thou smell Of my lilacs, and my warm roses?

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various

Naught moves me, in the gloam, Save the uneasy hope of this dear home.

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various