| 单词 | dusk |
| 例句 | The last hint of dusk slowly vanishes from the horizon, and in the sun’s absence, the strange stars are coaxed to shine. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The next day came with a morning like a brown dusk, and the hearts of men, lifted for a while by the return of Faramir, sank low again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When I got back to camp it was dusk. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z At dusk Raji would appear, tired and cross and half starved, for he was counting every rupee until he had enough to return to his farm. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Owls hooted over the roofs and bats flitted in the dusk air above the stream, and still Ged sat thinking how he might, by force, ruse, or sorcery, learn the Doorkeeper's name. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The dusk shimmered as the air itself seemed to liquefy from the heat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The worst violence took place at dusk, when the city’s thousands of black factory workers were attacked as they walked home from work. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The glass was milky and full of bubbles, and a wet dusk was falling outside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At dusk I headed home in a crowded black bus. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently the chambers gave up their fair tenants one after another: each came out gaily and airily, with dress that gleamed lustrous through the dusk. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When we didn’t speak, Aileen hummed so softly and warmly, I thought of the cicadas and the crickets singing at dusk in the dust and hayseed of Uncle Earl’s farm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When he got back to his neighborhood, at dusk, Park turned down Eleanor's street instead of his own. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It is evening, the light fading into dusk. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Every night for a week I watched Shawn and Bud gallop through the corral in the gray haze of dusk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Just before dusk, Alpha Company stood for roll call. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Already the short afternoon was past, and a dim cloudy dusk was closing in. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We arrived in Gotenhafen at dusk, our faces red and chapped from the wind on the water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At dusk I could see the remains of other people’s suppers floating by the window, chicken and pork chop bones, lettuce leaves, breadcrumbs, sometimes noodles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z However, their hopes for that night were disappointed, for the rain returned before dusk, settling in on a northwest wind and carrying up the hill the sweet-sour smell of flowering privet from cottage hedges below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I think about the sound of insects and birds at dusk. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He loved her manner of sleepy acquiescence when they lay on the beach at dusk. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Every house-lantern has been lit—morning, dusk, and night ones—every chaise and chair fluffed, every door opened to expose the currant red and fuchsia and rich butter yellow of the rooms beyond. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The dusk began to fall, and the howl of a wolf sent shivers down Robin’s spine. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z When I came back to Trebon, dusk was closing over the city. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It was broad as a boulevard, and it almost seemed, crossing it, as though one went from dusk to day and back again in a matter of paces. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z You left out late swim, at dusk, and the feeling you got every time you entered the glass-flat water that broke soft across your chin. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z It was more like dusk than daylight, and wraiths and streamers of the fog rose dismally from puddles in the road, or clung like forlorn lovers to the anbaric cables overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was a fine waiter and we let him order the meal while we looked at the people, and the great galleria in the dusk, and each other. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The Current of Faith reached the city at dusk, when the sun was a globe of molten glass sinking into the black water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The darkness of natural as well as of sylvan dusk gathered over me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Last-minute adjustments and inspections took up most of Friday, but just before dusk Rice told Gronau that everything appeared to be ready. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The yellow butterflies would invade the house at dusk. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Before dusk, Blue Bill, a spunky tiercel with an unusually dark beak, called to his parents, and a snip of liver started his system working. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Spring, summer, and fall— save certain holy days—my mother and I, like every other Stromford villager, worked his fields from dawn to dusk. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Every night at dusk the red woman led her followers in their twilight prayer, asking her red god to see them through the dark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Hie crows came in the blue dusk, with the evening stars. " A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Within a couple of millennia, humans in many parts of the world were doing little from dawn to dusk other than taking care of wheat plants. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, landmarks changed with dusk as he meandered down the bumpy dirt road toward town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally she nodded and they went back through the shallows and down along the dock bridges, making their way back into the Orleans as dusk fell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk when the coach took the final dash around the curve in the road that brought it to the door of Cutlers Tavern. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk now, the time when Lkossa’s blood-orange sun fell behind the trees and set their silhouettes ablaze, the time he least liked to be near the jungle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The captain went back up to the bridge, the engines changed their pitch, and the ship slid away into the dusk. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When she finally did leave it was well past dusk, and she walked out of the woods and into the open with the intention of not looking back again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was late dusk when the bus pulled into some little town for a stop. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The weary and discouraged Taran could barely force himself to put one foot in front of the other, and was glad the dusk obliged Gwydion to halt. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “That’ll do. We begin to close in upon ’em about dusk. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In the gathering dusk, the saguaros flung shadows of giants across the pebbled earth. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z A south wind was blowing up from the sea, rustling the black trees of the gardens, and through that warm stormy summer dusk I hastened from him as from a murderer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The light was also in Palermo at dusk on Holy Thursday. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent closer to see the soft shadows created by the hazy light at dusk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z For five days, I walked from dawn to dusk, never coming in contact with any human being. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “This new schedule makes me feel like I’m walking underwater. At the temple, we were up before sunrise and in bed by dusk.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z "Another hostage will follow her to the grave at first light, and another at sunset. Every dawn and every dusk will mean a death, until you are gone. I have no lack of hostages." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At dusk, Gramps placed three sleeping bags at the foot of the tree, and he, Gram, and I slept there all night. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z At evening, after the sun was down and dusk had come, they turned to bed and took the gift of sleep. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Oil for their little slutlamp to light the long gray dusks, the long gray dawns. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I climbed the steep snow-packed street in dusk to the College and was admitted and shown how to operate the public-use transmitter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Crepuscular creatures, like fireflies, bats, and deer, are especially active at dusk and dawn. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The dusk was settling deeply on the valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Singers sat before the king's pavilion, filling the dusk with music. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At first Colonel Gerineldo Márquez would visit him at dusk and they would both sit in the street door and talk about the past. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At last they turned away and faded silently into the dusk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk and a March stillness had seized everything—the trees, the rotting deadwood, the leafless vine maple, the stones littering the ground. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Daylight faded to dusk and then to night. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They bought their books and stepped out into the late-August dusk. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Instantly the table was brilliant with light, and the cone of the shade threw its brightness straight downward, leaving the corners of the bunk house still in dusk. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “His chariot. Our father would ride it out. And Zorya Vechernyaya, she would open the gates for him at dusk, when he returned to us.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when she was in the deserted village at dusk, the wind awoke as day shifted into night. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the high buildings above, gas and electric lights bloomed in the dusk like moonflowers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He thinks perhaps it would be best to get to the gates as soon as it could even remotely be considered dusk and wait if necessary. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It looked sinister over there, and the few houses left seemed to be drowning in the gathering dusk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He went into the shed which was the kitchen, leaning against the house, and out of its dusk an ox twisted its head from behind the corner next the door and lowed at him deeply. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It was still early but the day was dark and the dusk was coming early. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It was almost dusk, the wind had dropped, and I saw old men squatting in the dirt, Papa and some of his cronies, muttering and smoking their cigarettes. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the sun will set and night will fall swiftly, no lingering dusk as in the States. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He could just make them out in the deep dusk. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Lourdes turns, expecting to find her father at her shoulder but she sees only the dusk settling on the tops of the oak trees, the pink tinge of sliding darkness. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Every evening at dusk he heard a conch shell being blown in the house next door to signal the hour for prayer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I waited all day and at dusk the pack came down to the spring. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The People's Hot Foot Squad, we called them, and when they drilled fancy formations down Seventh Avenue in the springtime dusk they set the streets ablaze. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When they finally arrived at Abba, it was dusk, the windshield was coated in ocher dust, and Baby was asleep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Twice a week at dusk, Padre Leo grabs a large black duffel bag and pedals his bike over a bridge that spans the Rio Grande into Laredo, Texas. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Then just before dusk, The Baron came up on his boulder and scratched and cleaned and played with a fern leaf. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I got high in the mountains before dusk. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept moving in the water until at dusk he found a place under a bank with bushes for cover. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time they reached the clinic, dusk had fallen. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Beaming, Harry threw it open and breathed in the smell of clean air and grass for a moment before walking down the steps into the dusk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He turned back ahead, staring at the dusk sky this time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Shivering from cold and fear, the four of us remained in our cramped refuge until dusk. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z No more sounds of bark beaters everywhere, pounding out bark cloth from dawn until after dusk every day! Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, he tried another farmhouse, newly built of cinder blocks and surrounded by pigpens. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z We didn’t get back until dusk because I discovered some wild rice in an ox bow of the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I look out at the dusk and think about its being winter. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He says he don’t, but I seen him once just about dusk with a young buck strapped over the hood of his truck. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The path was visible in the dusk, a deep rut worn in ages of passage, running now gently up in a long trough with cliffs on either side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Over that is stitched the stark outlines of trees, the way I see them from my window as dusk is falling. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They rode on through sunset, and slow dusk, and gathering night. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The architecture was identical—a four-story brick building—lined with rows of windows that blinked like sleepy eyes as lamps and candles were lit against the dusk of an April evening. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was just turning dusk and I could make out the man talking across the fire. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She got up, stuck her head out into the dusk, and lay down again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “I’ll think about it,” I say, and step outside into the cool dusk, thick with the scent of fresh earth and cows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "There's no going north. Half the fields are burnt, and what folks are left are walled up inside their holdfasts. One bunch rides off at dawn and another one shows up by dusk." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Something dangerous had entered the clearing with the dusk. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The sun disappears completely beyond the horizon, and the remaining luminosity shifts from dusk to twilight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Leaving the Stewarts, we walked in the dusk to the curb where my dad had parked the car. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They approached a small hamlet at dusk, a few small houses clustered around a schoolhouse and a white frame church. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Those were the kinds of fantasies that monopolized my thoughts at night...and during the day...and in the morning...and at dusk. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Finally, at dusk when the nightjars and bats began to fly and the setting sun had passed from orange to gray, Ultima came through the front door of the house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to have landed in the corner of a field at dusk; Hermione was already running in a circle around them, waving her wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z On the night in question he’d checked the Islanders engine oil and quickly greased the net drum’s reel drive before putting out for Ship Channel Bank in the hour just before dusk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Although there was evening brightness showing through the windows of the bunk house, inside it was dusk. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran once at dusk, by a stream, the water making a promise of movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As mothers appeared on porches one by one throughout the mill village, calling their children’s names, C.P. reluctantly wandered home, dusk descending, the pale yellow lamplights sputtering on in houses as he passed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The Aleuts who sharpened the long spears stopped this work and gave all their time to skinning the otter which were brought in at dusk. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if my eyes are gleaming like his, like some animal’s, in the pink dusk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Caconi,” I say, staring out at the big woman framed against the green sea and the gloomy gray dusk. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Without Lissa, the evening was empty, the dusk damp and cold. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The hour of the owl, the hour of the wolf, the hour of the nightingale, moonrise and moonset, dusk and dawn, they staggered past like drunkards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Dawn and dusk, noon and night we gathered in the chapel and said a rosary along with the little nuns. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw her go out in the dusk, sari tightly wrapped about her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z And every evening a few more deserted, stealing off into the dusk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He arcs it in front of me, slowly, such that I see my reflection in its blade even in the gathering dusk. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Later they spied the eagle soaring through the dusk on great blue-grey wings and Stonesnake unslung his bow, but the bird flew out of range before he could so much as string it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We wouldn’t see him again until dusk, dragging down the dirt road, his wooden toolbox pulling on his arm, making his body list sideways. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As dusk settled, other, older cubs would begin to appear. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Half the fleet was spread out before him, running hard for the fishing grounds at dusk and throwing wide silver wakes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He fell asleep just at dusk, perching low on a branch she had tied into the side of the ribs of the birchbark house. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z But the sky was covered by such dark clouds that Prosper thought that dusk must have already fallen. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It was already late in the day and it was another hour and deep into the long dusk before they overtook the thief, bent over the loaded cart, trundling down the road before them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Their paths now went into thickets where the dusk had already gathered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The wind picked up often, at dusk, on the island. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She might still make it by dusk if she hurried. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He stood irresolute, making some excuse about his mother who expected him; he even muttered something about an engagement She struck a match and lit the lamp on the table; it was growing dusk. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z At fall of dusk Odysseus and his son heard the approach of the good forester. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We left Iowa at dusk the next evening. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was dusk, and the fringes of the sky had darkened. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z From there I set out to return at dusk to Dryades. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before dusk, he rouses Booth and helps him down the stairs and up into the saddle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They set out when dusk fell over the hills, leaving Gwin at their camp. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The Italian would arrive at dusk, with a gardenia in his buttonhole, and he would translate Petrarch's sonnets for Amaranta. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Out of the very ground at their feet a shadowy steam arose and mingled with the swiftly falling dusk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When dusk actually closed, and when Adèle left me to go and play in the nursery with Sophie, I did most keenly desire it. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Music wafted through the dusk—the trill and wail of a klezmer’s violin rivaled by a woman fiddling a lively Irish jig. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Ged kept watch from dusk till dawn, for in darkness the force that drew or drove him grew stronger yet. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Just listen to me!” he kept shouting in synagogue, between the prayer at dusk and the evening prayer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They really slept, all that night and until dusk the next day. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My cousins, the neighborhood kids, they’d open the gate and head out and roam free and come back at dusk. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In the gathering dusk, with fires lit beneath them, the domes glowed blue and red and green and purple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Horse trotted round by the fields in the dusk and met Shasta at the far side. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It can’t be much later than dusk but the softness of the cushions and the softness of the sheet and the too-warm of the fire and I’m already pretty much closing my eyes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The light, though no more than a grey dusk, was now enough for them to see that they were deep in the valley between the mountains. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Things like venturing out at dusk to collect blue moss from under a fallen sycamore tree, and getting up at sunrise to gather a handful of dandelions before the morning dew burned off. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z When hours pass, and no guardias come to the door, he calms down a little, eats some of his favorite pork sausages, drinks more than he should, and goes to bed exhausted at dusk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As I approached the waves at Fort Morgan, now lit by the sunset, I remembered that sharks feed at dusk and at dawn. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At dusk, we approached a bend where hand-painted signs advertising auto repairs and coal deliveries had been nailed to trees along the roadside. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time he came in at dusk, tired and hungry, he was ready to face whatever tomorrow would bring. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet as the dusk deepened and darkness seeped into the hollows between the trees, Jon's sense of foreboding grew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At dusk the Company set out, and turning now half east they steered their course towards Caradhras, which far away still glowed faintly red in the last light of the vanished Sun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then they faded and went out, and it was dusk. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It was dusk when he finally allowed us to stop. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In the half-light of dusk I see them, five of them, crouched on a hill, their naked bodies painted, arrows flying from their longbows. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was only midday, and the red priest and his men did not normally emerge till dusk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Again he accompanied her back to her home; and it was after dusk when they reached the little “pigeon-house.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Every day during those two springs and two summers I had gone to the headland and watched, always at dawn and again at dusk. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, I sit in my parents’ kitchen, waiting for dusk to fall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I felt strangely safe, isolated, alone in the stillness of dusk turning to night. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s true dusk now and the snow on the ground is bluish- white. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After about ten seconds, my lungs felt like they were folding in upon themselves like flowers at dusk. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “The third and final task will take place at dusk on the twenty- fourth of June,” continued Bagman. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There is a moment of each dawn that appears disguised as dusk, Lourdes decides, and for that brief moment the day neither begins nor ends. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In deep dusk I strolled through the streets of the beautiful town. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if, in the close muff of a January dusk, she had been asked to imagine streaming, rose-smattered summer, the children in bug bites and grass stains. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But Teenie kept her busy from dawn to dusk doing what Polly considered to be slave labor—peeling potatoes, shelling peas, shucking corn, and carrying heavy stacks of kindling for the fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z At the last of dusk they launched their skiff again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I now ventured to descend: it was deep dusk; I retired into a corner and sat down on the floor. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was dusk when they came at last to the little pool. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z When the path shrank to an uneven track that she could barely see in the deepening dusk, she felt a part of her heart sink into place: This was where she should go. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Momma stepped out of the truck with dusk as a backdrop. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z I’m glad it’s dusk; I’m nervous about the backs of my thighs, the wrinkling above my knees, the soft fold across my stomach, not fatness exactly but a pleat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We worked from sunrise till dusk, five or maybe six days a week. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran and he ran, north through the dusk, north through the night. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Only at dusk, in the calm of those moments shared over a cup of tea, could he see her human side. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As they walked back toward the house Cyrus turned left and entered the woodlot among the trees, and it was dusk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes burned, green fire in the dusk, like the lioness that was her sigil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even to Scarlett he seemed shadowy in the deepening dusk, like something that was almost not there, a shimmer of heat haze, a skittery leaf that for a moment had seemed to be a boy. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I sit there until the tears stop, and the light begins to change and fade, and the soft, pink glow of dusk fills the chapel. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The wind blew and the stars shone gently upon him in the new dusk. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Though dusk hadn’t yet unfurled into night, clusters of people gathered under eaves and in doorways, their faces lost to the gloom and weak gaslight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I thought about going right then, but I knew that with dusk just settling, there was plenty of time for the midnight train. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the lowering dusk Taran could barely distinguish the man from the tree; and could have walked within a pace of him before realizing he was any more than a splotch of shadow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Its gold eyes flared like meteors in the dusk. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z They were to start at dusk, for Elrond counselled them to journey under cover of night as often as they could, until they were far from Rivendell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the dusk, the city seemed a tranquil place, even beautiful. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Right in the middle of the road the long forefinger lay, white in the dusk, its red nail darkening to black. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z To me dawn and dusk are quiet times, and here in the redwoods nearly the whole of daylight is a quiet time. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Hurriedly Michael peered out through the gathering dusk. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Grey dusk came, and on its heels the night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I smile, angry in the thickening dusk, and feast my eyes on the greatest of meadhalls, unsatisfied. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get them inside,” he instructed, “so I can leave. I’ll be back around dusk.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The dusk deepened, and the last gleams of the sunset were veiled in cloud. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She settled down on the mossy surface, and as dusk fell she saw a doe and two fawns emerge from the underbrush on legs as slender as reeds. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After the sun passes zenith it is afternoon and quickly evening with a whispering dusk as long as was the morning. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was always dusk inside the base of the Great Pyramid. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She shaded her eyes with one hand, as if this helped her discern us through the thickening sea dusk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then out of the dusk there answered him a voice, a deep burly voice, “You are not the only one. There are a hundred hundred like you in this city.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It was just creeping into dusk when he fell asleep, which means—what time is it? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The ceremony began at dawn and continued until dusk, an endless day of drinking and feasting and fighting. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But now, at dusk, the plaza was empty and the large building that dominated its southwest border was quiet and seemed unoccupied. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z With their coats spread against a cushion of moss they’d stayed as long as they could after dusk and on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The dusk was deep when at length they set out, creeping over the westward rim of the dell, and fading like ghosts into the broken country on the borders of the road. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He woke early, worked for Min, ate half of his dinner, worked again, then returned to the bridge at dusk. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z They’d sleep away the daylight hours, or try to sleep, then at dusk they’d put on their gear and move out single file into the dark. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z By dusk I am so tired I can hardly wait to get to bed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Even in the late dusk, it was still possible to make out the dark cloud over Dunkirk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They rode in file, and evening came on and a deep blue dusk; and still fear pursued them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In the long gray dusk they crossed a river and stopped and looked down from the concrete balustrade at the slow dead water passing underneath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z She hasn’t spoken more than four words to me in as many days, but since she’s been out in the greenhouse from dawn until dusk, it has been easy to avoid me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z At dusk I told myself I would leave at sundown. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Then one afternoon in the spring, they were out, by chance, at dusk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s dusk, and several parties have already started at the performers’ end of the train, including—I can’t help but notice—one in Marlena and August’s car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Finally Baelish drew rein in front of a ramshackle building, three stories, timbered, its windows bright with lamplight in the gathering dusk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Soon the road began to fall gently but steadily into the dusk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Bran said as much to Meera Reed when she came to him at dusk as he sat in his window seat watching the lights flicker to life. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the dusk the two mutes walked slowly home together. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I hoped at least she'd say something about the poem's descriptions of dusk and moonlight and darkness. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Something about her touch brightens the shadows dusking my blood. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Better to abstain from the gardens of delectable delights than to be stuck planting them, dawn to dusk. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The scene was pitiable—the violence earnest, but with all the lassitude of the starving, peered down upon by triumphant rebels, Olympian in the dusk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The evening they arrived, the sound of the antiaircraft guns cut through the refugee camp just before dusk. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Meet me at dusk tonight in the chapel,” he said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The day waned, and dusk was twined about the boles of the trees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z While he spake, we walked outside into the dusk and made our way through the streets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Already there was a curfew from dusk to sunup, and Jews caught on the streets could be shot on sight. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z The taxis bringing the evening’s first customers, Midwestern tourists and conventioneers, made slight splashing sounds in the cold dusk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She and the Big Friendly Giant sat quietly side by side on the blue rock in the gathering dusk. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared out the window and watched the dusk turn the white of the neighbor’s house pale purple, then gray. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I know there’s a special clearing where groundhogs come out at dusk. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z We trudged up the hill to the summit in the enveloping dusk. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Then he low near the borderlands until dusk so that we can go in without being seen. If we keep to that schedule, we’ll be in the jungle before nightfall.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was dusk, and Ron and Hermione had just turned up in the common room, pink-faced from the cold wind and looking as though they’d had the time of their lives. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Serret shrieked, seizing his arm and pointing to the tower that stood behind them like a tall white tooth in the dusk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z As dusk fell, lights came on in several of them, both upstairs and down. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They will not give way now for dusk or dawn, until Théoden is taken, or they themselves are slain.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Mrs. Kidwell, a fanciful woman, had been standing at a window watching dusk tint the outdoors, the sprawling prairie. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up and squinted, and saw a black shadow knifing through the dusk light, the blades chopping as it drifted closer, dropping lower and lower as it approached Fullbrook. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They would warm a man’s bed by night, patch the holes in his boots at morning, cook his supper come dusk, and loot his corpse after the battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At dusk the train stops and Neumann Two leads Werner on foot through rows of ruined houses, beams and bricks lying in charred heaps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was dusk when they began their search blindly through all of Florin City. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I am told it would be dusk in the village of Ardestan by the time we arrived. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "Coats of night! Coats of twilight! Coats of dusk!" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, she sat up and dried her eyes on the hem of her new dress. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She walked onward for another hour into the cold and dusk. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It was dusk as they started for home. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The attack: of the gull had consumed precious time, and when she reached the steps that would be the final climb, dusk had come. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Jonas looked down through the dusk at the little head against his chest. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Kaede’s eyes were light brown; Taisin saw her pupils dilating as they looked at each other, dusk spinning out around them, cloaking them in shadow. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her face he could not see in the dusk, but she answered evenly, “I shall prepare food now.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z More riders emerged out of the dusk, ghostlike, until they had surrounded the camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was near dusk and we were sitting at my foxhole along a wide muddy river north of Quang Ngai City. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The blue dolphins left me shortly before dusk. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I reclined on a window seat and in the gathering dusk watched the wild turkeys come in to roost in the cottonwood trees. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, just as the fireflies flicker on, my grandfather makes his way home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He could see the comet hanging above the Guards Hall and the Bell Tower, and farther back the First Keep, squat and round, its gargoyles black shapes against the bruised purple dusk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk; the streets were bathed in amber. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Although it was not yet dusk, the A&W was already awash in neon lights. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z At every dawn and every dusk they saw the eagle soaring between the peaks, no more than a speck in the vastness of the sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the next issue Arthur reminded island businesses to extinguish display lights promptly at dusk; it was Christmas and the temptation was to leave them on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z By lamplight they turned black, and in the light of dusk they seemed purple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mariam detected a shadow on his face, a darkness underlying the coppery light of dusk. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It was what had first attracted her to him that June day two years ago in Ibadan, the kind of rainy day that wore the indigo color of dusk although it was only noon. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The light around us deepened to dusk and it felt like the temperature dropped ten degrees. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z By dusk, he had finished the roof and framed in the single window. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The sun had already fallen below the trees,- dusk would be on them in no time at all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Farm Patrol stood at attention in the gathering dusk. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, like Mr. Lapham’s boys, they swam secretly, silently, on Sunday afternoons, but usually only after dusk had fallen and the day’s work was over. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind them, six flowering marigolds in the dusk form the shape of the dead girl, then become flowers once more. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was nearing dusk when I finally gave up and returned to the Priest Hole, where I found my father at the bar, tipping back a beer with the regulars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes, in the darkness, Werner thinks the cellar may have its own faint light, perhaps emanating from the rubble, the space going a bit redder as the August day above them progresses toward dusk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The next day at dusk, when shooting was finally finished, the three dogs piled into the van for the two-hour drive home to Jenny’s place. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I heard a trolley lumbering past over steel tracks in the early dusk and I knew that underpaid, bewildered black men and women were returning to their homes from serving their white masters. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Morning and dusk and morning again I watched them trailing up to a hole in the peak of the roof, carrying their tiny burdens out into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the world had changed, had grown blurred with day’s leaving and then purple at dusk and then dark. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first several days at dusk, I would ask why we weren't closing the shades, turning down the lights, and locking the doors. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We waited until dusk, after the dump caretaker left, before raiding for treasures because we had no money to buy them. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z At dusk Sarah cut Calebs hair on the front steps, gathering his curls and scattering them on the fence and ground. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Ralph carried a fragment to the fire and watched the smoke that drifted into the dusk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The first rhythm that they became used to was the slow swing from dawn to quick dusk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was aching for a flame, like an unlit candle at dusk. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At dusk, as she was walking back to our village alone, she entered a stand of tall trees and heard a big crack from a branch. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At last they come, long after dusk, with the faces of angered men, though neither is yet twenty. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, when we gathered on the lawn to await the first firefly, my brothers stood on the porch while I set Petey’s jar in the grass. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Apparently they stamp out yards in the valleys where they feed during the dawn and dusk, but many of them climb back to the hemlock grove to hide and sleep for the day. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I drive through a menacing area filled with deserted warehouses—Dickey, be gone!—until the tent comes looming up out of the dusk. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dusk, two Diamondback Sorrento mountain bikes flashed down past the Caldwell exit ramp from Highway 20-26, past a dingy cowboy bar, a pizza place, a gun store. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Count Rugen was about to begin his nightly experiments at that dusk, gathering up his notebooks from his room, filled with all his jottings. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He’d also finally gotten the hang of taking pictures at dusk, which was really tricky. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He began to laugh suddenly and he stopped his eating and sat chuckling for a long time in the dusk of the room. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Old Tallow shook her head in the dusk. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Outside his window he saw the sun dying over the roof-tops in the western sky and watched the first shade of dusk fall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As dusk faded to dark, Booth and Herold continued south, careful to watch for signs of cavalry. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He came in the airplane at dusk and stayed until morning, hidden in the house of Toorlexa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the dusk it did not show, and I thought, if I could not see his, he could not see mine. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “Tonight will be moonless, but it will not be dark. I promise. Now, if you will excuse me, I must prepare for our party. I will see everyone back here at dusk! Good-bye!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The second time I stopped to rest I saw the flaming sun go down over the tops of the cottonwood trees, and the thick, heavy shadows brought dusk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped at last and looked round, peering at the boy who had come up panting, but it was dusk and I did not recognise him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The dusk of evening seemed to grow lighter about him, as if a cloud had been withdrawn. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Shady looked furtively toward the front door as dusk set in. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It was dusk and the red priest had lit his nightfire in the great iron brazier amidships as the crew gathered round to pray. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And then one day at dusk, right before he closed the shop, Lucius Clarke placed another doll on the shelf next to Edward. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z A thick fogbank had rolled in at dusk, and now, between the intense dark and the fog, it was impossible to see much of anything except for the volcano outlined by the moon. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Around dusk Rat brought him something to eat. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, just at dusk, the sky opened, and it began to rain—not li^it spring showers, but cold, soaking torrents of rain, streaming down her face, icicling rivulets down her chest and legs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The early June dusk was soft and green, not yet with the oppressive heat of summer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He got his first glimpse of the northern coast late in the afternoon, but Specht decided to wait until dusk to make land in hopes the twilight would lend them some cover. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was midaftemoon, yet the forest seemed as dark as dusk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He half expected to see Gandalf come striding up through the dusk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As he spoke the car became one of many once again, dusk had fallen without my noticing it and we were in the midst of light and sound in the streets of Monte Carlo. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The best photos were taken at dawn, in the late afternoon, or at dusk, when the low angle of the sun produced rich, warm colors and long shadows. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z She worked from dawn to dusk, worked in the rain, in the heat of the sun. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk before they finally dissipated. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Shortly before dusk, the trail led downward toward a shallow basin set with scrub and pines. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I pulled my suitcase behind me as dusk settled. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Now, however, when she had nothing to do and would go about with José Arcadio riding on her hip from dawn to dusk, this bad kind of time compelled her to leave things half done. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z No one could go through the brush in the dusk without making a sound, except someone who had lived in it for a long time. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee lugged the yelling twins toward the house in the dusk. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The flame of the sunset lifted from the mountaintops and dusk came into the valley, and a half darkness came in among the willows and the sycamores. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to focus on the remaining trees with all the destruction around them, harder still to squint into the dusk crawling in over the field. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I waited all that day for him until almost dusk and then I went out to look for him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z One looked red and one paler, white or yellow maybe, but both were limp and with the dusk settling, she could not even be certain that red one was Lannister crimson. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Coming and coming especially in the dusk when it rained, getting honeysuckle all mixed up in it as though it were not enough without that, not unbearable enough. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A glum dusk was settling over London when Obinze walked into the bookshop cafe and sat down to a mocha and a blueberry scone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z With dusk approaching, he couldn’t get up the nerve to venture outside—not with those deadly cottonmouths skulking around. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to call him to supper one afternoon and I heard him muttering in the dusk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I got to my feet and walked out into a dusk shot with car lights rushing in each direction. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Evenings were peaceful, smoke settling in the quiet air to soften the dusk, lights twinkling on the ridge we would camp on tomorrow, clouds dimming the outline of our pass for the day after. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z By the time I reached the marketplace, the sun had almost sunk behind the hills and dusk had painted the sky pink and purple. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When we awakened at dusk, we were covered in mariposas. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Pines covered the hills, and maybe at dusk they looked black, but when we saw them at midday, they were dark green. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Tired, irritable, he walked down Fifteenth Street, glancing up as he passed one of his other houses, its silhouette melting in the light that trembled between dusk and twilight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed her things and burst out the door into the merciful dusk. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight dappled the ground; afternoon slid into dusk; and shadows spread purple and blue across the golden forest. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z This time she paused to peer out of the window at the dusk and wonder where her sister was. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Then it faded into the West, and dusk came early, followed by a grey and starless night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Everyday people lying next to each other on a makeshift beach, the mottled spring light passing through the dense trees before softly surrendering to dusk. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was dusk when Buttercup went to see the Prince. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As dusk approaches, we haven’t made it out of the pass and are forced to move back to the trail so we can pick our way forward by moonlight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This theory, or conviction, rested on the memory of a single encounter—the meeting at dusk on the bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z During the next year or two he had turned up fairly often, coming unexpectedly after dusk, and going off without warning before sunrise. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They marched until dusk, then dug their holes, and that night Kiowa kept explaining how you had to be there, how fast it was, how the poor guy just dropped like so much concrete. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was gloomy in the room, either dusk or dawn. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z We say good-bye, and at last I watch Sister Claire’s determined white form disappear into the dusk. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He would come home, have a quick supper, and head out with Trampita and me to our three acres, where we worked until dusk. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Her words fell away into a silence and they both looked out at the ominous dusk. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z From dawn till dusk, you will be lucky in everything you attempt. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As dusk fell outside, the benches at the Eel began to fill with sailors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She and William saw them at dusk, when “the sky was so very lovely, too, maroons, lavenders, blues.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The days were shortening into winter, and dusk came soon. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It was summer, dusk, and Dad’s cousins were roughhousing the way they did after a harvest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As dusk fell, the last one drove away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Max kneels on the patio in the dusk, going over his airplane, checking the angle of its wings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He had watched me one day as I prayed at dusk. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the gathering blue dusk Jaime glimpsed fresh thatch upon a score of rooft, and doors made of raw green wood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They wanted to see that lamp lit at dusk. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Ahead, shadows began to steal between the trees, the long fingers of the dusk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They stood looking back at the road in the dusk. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z And every one of those days, from dawn to dusk, had been more or less the same. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Near dusk I passed through Bemidji, then turned northeast toward International Falls. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it was tattooed in black ink, Taisin had always seen colors in it, as she did now in the lamplight—shadow colors, as indistinct and shifting as dusk over the sea. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Simon turned away from the open space and crawled through the creepers till he was in the dusk of the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was almost dusk when I was led up to the top floor of this stately building whose halls had always been filled with shuffling white functionaries. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s dusk at the beach, and the drizzle has cleared. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z They say she weeps Knee-deep in the river, The gray of dusk A shawl over her head. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, he had slunk back home, feeling sad arid sorry for himself. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The third time he awoke it was dusk. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z A half hour later, dusk drops over the city of Serra, and I am following the Tribesman swiftly through the Mercator Quarter, home to the wealthiest members of the Martial merchant class. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the dusk were five little foxes, playing together. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The men smoked with increased intensity, looking deep into the fire as the breeze came up and dusk lowered. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z At dusk I grieve, thinking the earth is dying. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We had our first lesson at dusk in the parking lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Entering the mines before sunrise and departing after dusk, she rarely glimpsed the sun. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It’s got a picture on the cover of what looks like the Nile at dusk, with a palm tree lilting left, echoing the brightening moon, and the purple sky rolling up from the horizon. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He died sitting in his wicker chair at dusk. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the daylong dusk ended and true night came again they had crawled and stumbled to its very feet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It would soon be dusk, but the heat persisted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The food was kept hot on the stove and Aunt Maggie stood on the front porch staring into the deepening dusk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s barely after dusk, but already I can see more stars than I’ve ever seen in my life, blanketing the sky in a sheet of light. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Each morning they went out, but each dusk they were back in the park complaining of no work to be found and talking feverishly of ways to get into the United States. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Bill and his friend arrived at Grammer’s ranch in the gathering dusk. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The temperature was dropping quickly, from searing hot to chilly within a matter of minutes, like it always did in the desert at dusk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers bordered the town along the west and the north in two long fire-speckled fences—a lovely sight in the gathering dusk. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She was exasperated by his mugs of coffee at five in the morning, the disorder of his workshop, his frayed blanket, and his custom of sitting in the street door at dusk. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was the usual hazy pink sky as dusk fell, the smell of fried stuff smothered in powdered sugar, people laughing and hooting and pushing past me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Through the curtain of the waterfall, dusk was falling. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The dusk sky looked molten, as if it might explode in the west. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When bats started flying around at dusk, he got scared and went on home. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It was dusk now, and at the far corner of the stone ruins a dozen men were gathered around a fire, eating. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z There are a bunch of catbirds in the yard, squawking the way they do at dusk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Charles nodded when the man said, “Oh, and there’s a game at the usual place tonight, starts by dusk.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He slipped out of the tomb into the gathering dusk. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The officer’s account is a beautiful example of how a high-stress moment—in the right hands—can be utterly transformed: It was dusk. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk when they at last saw the great ship Revenge far out in the deepest part of the bay. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t really get cold, but by dusk a fire was going and some stew was cooking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dark in his chambers, darker than dusk, with only a pale light seeping through the windows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And that’s how Mrs. Bigio found us when she hiked in at dusk—all huddled into small groups, swatting hopelessly at hordes of mosquitoes, nothing cooking on the fire. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z At dusk, when the work in the fields was over, she started toward the Big House. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At a crossroads they sat in the dusk and he spread out the pieces of the map in the road and studied them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Now I can see outlines, gleams: from the mirror, the bases of the lamps, the vases, the sofa looming like a cloud at dusk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z So they sat in a circle, staring at each other as the light faded into dusk and the crickets began chirping out in the forest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z In the daylight, the path would have been an easy walk, but in the dusk—brightened only by the flickering torches— it was an obstacle course. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Across the river, cold and gray in the dusk of a winter’s night, lay Wilmington. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At home my wife and children were probably having their evening baths, safe against the dusk and the cold. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The mariposas swirled and twirled around us like dark snowflakes in the surreal light of dusk, making the moment almost magical in its beauty. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z All through the long dusk and into the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It was hard to read Dad’s expression, even thought it was barely dusk. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z By the time the bullring was out of sight behind them, it was dusk. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z In the falling dusk they scrambled out of the pit and slowly threaded their way through the dead land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Finally, as dusk was settling over the north, Jon rolled the empty barrels back into the cage and signaled the winch men to lower him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The jungle grew cooler as midday gave way to dusk, drawing from its depths a different kind of sound and life. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z From the well-known names of these towns I learn in what county I have lighted; a north-midland shire, dusk with moorland, ridged with mountain: this I see. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The three women often sat together, talking in the dusk. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It’s just past dusk and the lights are on along the suspension cables. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z One day, in the failing light of dusk, Ugwu looked up and saw three soldiers barge into the compound and leave moments later, dragging the professor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was dusk, and I couldn’t tell if there were bats swooping or it was the last run for swallows. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He leaned back against the parapet and took out a cigarette as he watched her bobbing and receding form fade into the dusk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At dusk we could see the glow of their fires. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, we came upon a deserted cottage of crumbling stones, which looked like a hermit’s dwelling. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At dusk I was coming back from the spring with a basket of water on my shoulder, walking along the cliff with Rontu-Aru. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Buttercup took a step forward and said, “If we surrender, freely and without struggle, if life returns to what it was one dusk ago, will you swear not to hurt this man?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They could talk from dusk to dawn, arguing about books. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We left the farmer to ponder his slain sheep and went back to town, plodding across wet hills in the slate-gray dusk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The dusk was falling and already the tree forms were dark against the sky. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk: the activities of the city were beginning to die down, the noise was decreasing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the statues lacked heads, the dwarf noted, yet even headless they still managed to look imposing in die purple dusk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a gloomy and primeval spot, deeply shadowed in the gray dusk. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z There’s a ship leaving the harbor, its whistle resigned as an abbot in prayer, fracturing the dusk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the blue light of dusk he’d made the turn out of the harbor and run for open water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Because it was nearly dusk and suppertime, blue smoke rose from every chimney pot in the village they had left, and in the low places mist began to rise. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z This limited them to very short feeding periods at dusk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z During “weeding combat,” which occurred between June and August, primary school students worked from four in the morning until dusk pulling weeds in corn, bean, and sorghum fields. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z For the first time in her life she wasn’t burdened with chores from dawn to dusk. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At the sound of vespers I moved across the campus with groups of students, walking slowly, their voices soft in the mellow dusk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The opiate worked itself off towards dusk, and she waked naturally; she looked a different being from what she had been before the operation. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk when the chanting stopped. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Jules’s surprise flitted across her broad face like a bat at dusk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At dusk they drink tea and chew the mealy, dense bread from the Ruelles’ bakery. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the windless dusk, sullen heaps of smoke pump upward through the trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And speaking of consequences, the same evening that Despereaux stood inside the castle hearing music for the first time, outside the castle, in the gloom of dusk, more consequences drew near. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z It was dusk when I got my first glimpse of it off in the distance, beyond a ridge. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, we hove to and laid down our anchor a bit past Jamestown Island. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The mountains were veiled in deepening dusk, and the wind was cold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z For a long time she kept on smelling Pietro Crespi's lavender breath at dusk, but she had the strength not to succumb to delirium. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Smoke would curl from chimneys; at dusk lights would come on. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They traveled dawn to dusk, past woods and orchards and neatly tended fields, through small villages, crowded market towns, and stout holdfasts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In minutes these shades fade, replaced by the pallor that precedes dusk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘The Sun sinks early. The Orcs will not, maybe, come out till after dusk, but we must be far away before nightfall. The Moon is almost spent, and it will be dark tonight.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Beyond and above spread an expanse of sky, dark blue as at twilight: rising into the sky was a woman’s shape to the bust, portrayed in tints as dusk and soft as I could combine. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z On the desk stands a photograph of a boy in breeches on a beach at dusk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “No sir. General Early attacked at dusk—” “At dusk. But that was hours late.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When dusk fell, the driver pulled the wayn off under the tree. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His father worked the land from dawn till dusk for the promise of cotton and a little pay. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Daisy took her face in her hands, as if feeling its lovely shape, and her eyes moved gradually out into the velvet dusk. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When she reached the path that led to the central hunting camp, dusk was falling and shadows lay thick upon the ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile we butt our heads on cliffs of ice in a cold dusk full of ashes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The sun had set and dusk was falling rapidly. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Manhattan started up the Elbe River toward Hamburg just at dusk. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It was dusk, or dawn, I’m not quite sure, but there was someone else there with me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a time, not very long ago, in the desperately poor New York City neighborhoods of Brownsville and East New York, when the streets would turn into ghost towns at dusk. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They stepped out into the ruddy glow of dusk, on a rocky bluff high above the river. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The light has shifted now and the Ailanthus tree has turned to a shadow in the dusk. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The barn was eerie and half lighted, like dusk without a lantern. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z By the time dusk fell, her handmaids would need to help her down from her mount. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Through almost every afternoon he slept, waking in time to feel dusk settle in and to watch the light die beyond the window three beds away to his right. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Now as he spoke the sun set, dusk drew on, and they retired, this pair, to the inner cave to revel and rest softly, side by side. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished for my mothers friends, but skilled as they were, even they didn't surf at dusk. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When she woke up, it was dusk and Archie was still curled up at Louisiana’s feet. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I turned homeward in the gathering dusk, full of wonder at the strange story Samuel had told me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They set out again, and made good speed, reaching the village of Heathcot by dusk. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He was freezing, and the sky outside the car was the deep luminescent purple that divides the dusk from the night. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Does that mean he will get sleepy at dusk and wake up at dawn? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He started, his hands advancing in the thick orange dusk like the hands of a blindfolded child, finding her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The light was no more than that of dusk at a dark day’s end. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z It was early dusk, the deepening sky just beginning to fill with twinkling stars. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The stars curved out of the dusk into the night. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But more than once they glanced at each other, and each was surprised by the pool of happiness that spread through herself even as she trudged through the falling temperatures and growing dusk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By late afternoon, I decide to build a small fire to cook the meat, betting that dusk will help conceal the smoke and I can quench the fire by nightfall. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In the deepening dusk they came down into the valley. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then he turned, tossed up his hat, leaped on Lumpkin’s back, and rode up over the bank and away singing into the dusk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Along the beach, everyone was running—bolting for the cove, summoned by the golden clatter of the bell, so bright in the dusk. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They had decided earlier that they would bide their time until dusk, when it would be more difficult for guards to track their footsteps in the snow. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In the evening just at dusk, a curious thing happened on Cannery Row. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We began our trek down the mountain just as dusk was falling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It was like watching the sun rise, Dimple thought, or the streetlights come on at dusk. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Their voices, low and sorrowful, lifted the words of the lament into the heavy stillness of dusk in the Great Wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Celia lay with her tom, bleeding feet beside her daughter and held her, rocking and rocking her in the blue gypsy dusk until she died. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The late afternoon turned to gray dusk around them as Brooklyn settled into another summer night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The small, secure weight of tools along his belt, the smell of intermittent rain, and the crystalline brilliance of the clouds at dusk: these are the only times when Volkheimer feels marginally whole. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I love dusk; it always astonishes me that something so beautiful happens every single day. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Green dawns gave way to orange dusks in half a heartbeat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Her features would slacken, her face become vacant, and her fingers would click like crickets at dusk. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Not bothering to change into my swimsuit, I hurry along the path, hoping to edge out dusk. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was dusk, and the little island was all shadow, when she saw a man. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The light of Quentyn’s torch washed over scales of dark green, the green of moss in the deep woods at dusk, just before the last light fades. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There’s a velvet blue-green, reminding me of the lake at dusk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He ran, he ran, through that vast dusk land where there was no hiding place. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z In daylight, the Levee was just as gritty as it had been at dusk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was dusk, and Edward was walking down a sidewalk. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z It made me feel very young to have the dark come after the dusk and then remain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Once dusk came, we locked all the doors and windows and closed the curtains. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly dusk when I got back. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z By the time I found a small spring-fed pool nestled among some birch trees, I could see the sky purpling into dusk behind the trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She explained how she came by the letter, on the bridge at dusk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was dusk and the sea wind blew in their faces. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I remember the search boats and the sunset when dusk came. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dusk when she heard footsteps outside her door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z All around stretched empty hills in the late, dusk light. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z At dusk the drums of calamity began; their grave, throbbing rhythm came clearly through the night, throughout the night, each beat, each tattoo, echoing the mighty impotence of our human endeavour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z At dusk, we then went to the bride’s place, Mbongweni, as was customary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was almost dusk when we finally walked close to where Papa said Rashid Uncle lived. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He blundered away in the dusk, wondering only where he could hide his sickness for a while. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In London, night came too soon, it hung in the morning air like a threat, and then in the afternoon a blue-gray dusk descended, and the Victorian buildings all wore a mournful air. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The ship was drawing closer, growing larger and larger in the mist like a shadow at dusk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was almost dusk, that magical time of evening just before the fireflies come out, just as the crickets start up their all-night racket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He had forgotten to loosen the nets at dusk and sweep the base lines, making sure they were securely tacked into the clay. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened it at dusk, and it moved easily in my hand, with no hint of binding. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The quail call beside it and the wild doves come whistling in at dusk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon, just before dusk, Kiowa came up and asked if he could sit at my foxhole for a minute. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You ever notice all those bats in the holler, the ones that come out at dusk?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “It’s dusk and we’ve called them in twice already,” Number Two told him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The jousting went all day and into the dusk, the hooves of the great warhorses pounding down the lists until the field was a ragged wasteland of tom earth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I used to have a neighbor, a sleek and thoughtful seal, who could balance a ball on her nose from dawn till dusk. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Shin feared it would be months, even years before they would be allowed outside the factory at dusk near a section of fence that could not be seen from a guard tower. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z "Lady Sylvie, Camellia has just arrived. Her ledgers are chock-full of daytime appointments. She does not work after dusk. I reserve specific Belles for the night." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z In the dusk its headstall flickered and flashed, as if it were studded with gems like living stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was a nauseating smell, both fetid and sickly sweet, thick in the dusk as it filled Koffi's lungs. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He came by just at dusk and crossed the street and went through the opening between Western Biological and the Hediondo Cannery. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was verging on dusk, and the clock had already given warning of the hour to dress for dinner, when little Adèle, who knelt by me in the drawing-room window-seat, suddenly exclaimed— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In the small town they got off the train at dusk, walked down its one dark street, and on out into the country. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He drew himself up and looked back at the long line of his men fading into the dusk behind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They went up the road calling out in the empty dusk, their voices lost over the darkening shorelands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z At dusk, he would carefully return the letters to his rucksack. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As dusk fell, shadows deepened beneath the branches. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was dusk by the time Lupita heard the rear door of the shop open. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He had come to the veranda rail, looking down at them in the dusk, and now he bowed with a deep welcoming gesture, “‘These being dead,’” he said, “‘then dead must I be.’ The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Men, women, and children were in the fields at their lawful labor, plowing, weeding, sowing, where they would remain till dusk. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z In silence the two boys lifted the heavy stake and carried it between them out into the deserted street, in which the rosy light was graying into dusk. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Just before Werner closes the shutter, a single airplane comes through the dusk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We didn’t need to check our watches—we were starting to feel the fear that crept around the edges of our consciousness at dusk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Presently he came back, and bending looked at Frodo’s face, pale beneath him in the dusk. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I’m beginning to think she’s gone fishing or berrying and will not return until dusk. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they’re around a bend and he feels only the presence of Volkheimer next to him, a cold dusk out the windows, bridge after bridge, hill after hill, all the time descending. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They wheeled and turned and drove away into the dusk. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Three North Korean agents grabbed her at dusk near a beach, stuffed her into a black body bag, and stole her away on a ship. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z No one has a proper answer, yet as dusk approaches there is a substantial crowd of spectators gathering outside the gates. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z At dusk we hear voices and look out to see the men returning. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was dusk, the snake gleaming dustily in the yellow headlight beams. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Dividing the upland into two there marched a double line of unshaped standing stones that dwindled into the dusk and vanished in the trees. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z By dusk dark Belle Glade was full of loud-talking, staggering men. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The tree trunks and the creepers that festooned them lost themselves in a green dusk thirty feet above him, and all about was the undergrowth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z It was dusk, a brief November twilight, and Carl was watching snow geese land in low flooded wheat, his square chin set, his head tilted up, a man’s blond stubble on his jaw. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z At dusk he escorted them as far as their street. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z At dusk through her tears she saw the swift and luminous disks that crossed the sky like an exhalation and she thought that it was a signal of death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was dusk by the time she got to the bus station. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z At full dusk or thereabouts he ate three rice balls, a slab of rock cod, and two windfall apples from a wild tree behind Bender’s Spring. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It is the first day of November, nearly dusk, and he is speaking in morbid riddles again. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They spent the greater part of the day closeted in the bedroom in hermetic conferences and at dusk they asked for an escort and some accordion players and took over Catarino’s store. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At dusk Miguel arrived with ruddy cheeks, squirming in silent amusement to hide the present he was holding behind his back. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As dusk fell, they waited in a friendly and uncomplicated silence, though there was plenty they could have talked about. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was dusk the lamps would all be lit. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When things started turning dusk outside, he showed me all the places he and Brad would meet. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Awakening at dusk, she found that David had already packed two knapsacks with everything they might need during the rescue. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He settled his crew in, rowing at a steady twenty- eight and began to watch the backs of his rival coxswains disappear down the river into the dusk. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When I finally came to my senses again, it was dusk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At dusk I watch men go about their business in the towns of the Scyldings. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later she rushed out into the dusk, waving her hands and shouting; before he could move from his door the business was over. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z At the camp, they work from dawn until dusk in the rice fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But in the hereness of dusk I am moving toward the doomlike bells through the flowered air, beneath the rising moon. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She had friends aplenty and work to do from dawn till dusk. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z By dusk of the day following they were at the city. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z There did not seem to be an end to the wood he would need and he spent all the rest of the afteroon into dusk making wood trips. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It was nearing dusk when we finally stopped. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z While it’s not quite dusk, the entire channel is now in shadows. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Abra put her arms around his neck in the dusk under the willow tree. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He woke at dusk and got ready to go out into the city with Ampai to hunt down faded orbs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He had an orneriness year-round, but especially in the summer, when he worked his peach orchards daylight to dusk. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At dusk I watched, transfixed, as the lights of Petersburg blinked on in the west. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dusk already; the gray rain-sodden sky was ushering darkness in the better part of an hour before it was really due. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The next day, when me and Ma come out the field toward dusk, I was washing off at the pump. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z "Of course! If we don't make smoke-" He squatted before them in the crowding dusk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z |
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