twilight

Examples

• All

• I think Fielder is a perfect example... a past-his-prime power hitter in the twilight of his career using up a roster spot.

  Drive Me Crazy (1999)

• Overbay is an average player and is in the twilight of his career.

  Blog text (29)

• But the other side is this is the twilight of his career and people remember the thing that you left them with.

  Chris Williamson

• An old man in the twilight of his life.

  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

• I grew up in the twilight of a great empire.

  Starship: Rising (2014)

• When I was sober, I was worried about, "Is this the twilight of my career?"

  Get Him to the Greek (2010)

• Now that I'm getting to my twilight years, I am wondering what is going to happen after I pass away.

• But now in the twilight of my life, this understanding has passed into contentment.

  Assassin's Creed: Embers (2011)

• As more people are entering their twilight years, the need for homecare nurses is going to keep increasing.

  Blog text (9)

• As we witness the twilight of the once-vibrant community, many reflect on its past achievements.

Synonyms

E

evening

vstwilight

• Literature

62 5.3

The final period of a long process or a person's life

describes a decline after success toward an end

S

sunset

vstwilight

7.5

An industry or product that is declining and likely to disappear

applies to decline after success across eras or institutions

Antonyms

P

prosperity

195 3.7

A time when people or a country have money and success

V

vitality

16 4.6

Ability of a living thing to survive and grow

Compounds

T

twilight hour

1 3.5

The time after the sun goes down when the sky is partly light

T

Twilight of the Gods

• Literature

1 9.9

A Norse myth about the final battle that destroys the gods

T

twilight sleep

• Archaic

1 9.9

A state when medicine makes a person partly awake during childbirth

T

twilight vision

6.9

To see well in low light, for example at dusk or in moonlight

T

twilight walk

4.0

A walk outside when the sun is setting and the light is fading

T

twilight zone

• Informal

7.7

An unclear or strange situation between two states

T

twilight zone

• Specialized

7.5

The ocean layer below the surface where only faint light reaches

How Declined

end

∞ 1.0

twilight

14 5.8

decline

439 3.9

heyday

31 5.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology