Synonyms: Dark

And Daddy is smiling like he’s feeling the sun on his skin after a lifetime in a crepuscular cave. Odd One Out

They met with no more adventures that night, moving quietly along the edges of the fields under the dim light of a quarter-moon. Watership Down: A Novel

The reality was decaying, dingy cities, where underfed people shuffled to and fro in leaky shoes, in patched-up nineteenth-century houses that smelt always of cabbage and bad lavatories. 1984

The 587th was involved in six massive air battles while they were at Krasnodar, including, on a dismal and cloudy day in early June, probably their most dramatic engagement of the entire war. A Thousand Sisters

The inside of the cottage is dusky as the fading light rests at the tops of the trees. Love, Hate & Other Filters

It was only late afternoon, but the day was gloomy and already the cars all had on their headlights. Out of Darkness

The light is bad today, the weather’s turned, the sky leaden, threatening. The Girl on the Train

The green light of the forest was strangely at odds with the adolescent laughter, too murky and ominous to be in harmony with the light banter around me. Twilight

In no time at all, we are approaching the door and I can see that between the overcast sky and evening hour the light is turning gray. The Hunger Games

Then I saw them—two burning, yellow eyes—staring at me from the shadowy foliage of the tree. Where the Red Fern Grows

It was very hot, but I kept on the shady side of the streets and went through the market and had a good time seeing the town again. The Sun Also Rises

Nico drew his sword—three feet of wicked sharp Stygian iron, black as a nightmare. The Last Olympian

If there are clouds, they're dark and sulky, keeping their jolly sides towards the stars and moon. The Extra Day

We have said that the tenebrous darkness of last night had not prepared us for the charms of to-day. Wood, Charles W. (William)