How to Use dusk in a Sentence

dusk

noun
  • The park closes at dusk.
  • Bugling for mates at dawn and dusk.
    — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Bugling for mates at dawn and dusk.
    — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Bugling for mates at dawn and dusk.
    — Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Trails will be open from dawn to dusk.
    — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The rhythm of a market at dusk.
    — Rebecca Cope, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
  • The fireworks will fly at dusk.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 25 May 2026
  • Try top-water lures at dawn or dusk.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Why do birds gather on that wire at dusk?
    — Cheryl Russell, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Try top-water lures at dawn and dusk.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Avoid hiking at dusk, dawn or at night.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Use top-water lures at dawn and dusk for black bass.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The sleek dusk bristled with it, like the fur of a cat.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Use the spray at dusk when the wasps have returned to the nest.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Try top-water lures at dawn, dusk and cloudy days for black bass.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The glow sank quickly off the field; the earth and the hedges smoked dusk.
    — Cara Blue Adams, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Don't hike at dawn, dusk, or at night, when bears are most active.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 May 2026
  • Don't hike at dawn, dusk, or at night, when bears are most active.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 June 2026
  • The late afternoon gives way to a dewy dusk.
    — Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The park is free to visit and open daily from dawn to dusk.
    — Matt Kirouac, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2026
  • Dawn and dusk are times to avoid being outdoors.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • In spring, birds tend to vocalize most around dawn and dusk.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Neon lights glow from dusk until midnight.
    — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Avoid being outdoors at dawn and dusk.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • One of the downstairs lights in the house came on; dusk was setting in.
    — Benjamin Markovits, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Just as dusk turns to night, Hoot the bloodhound picks up a scent.
    — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • There’s also active wildlife at dusk and dawn—if in doubt, take it slow.
    — Riley Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026
  • The dog-friendly trails are free to the public and open from dawn to dusk.
    — Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2025
  • And when dusk hit, there would be potluck cooking and talks deep into the night.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • The passage of the sun across the sky — dawn, day, dusk, night — drives the clock of life.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026

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