gloaming ˈglō-miŋ noun
: the time of day immediately following sunset
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The word gloaming has appeared in 17 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 7 in “Running for Community as Much as for Exercise” by Jeré Longman:
I am running more than I want. I miss the gym. Stupidly, I hobbled the 26.2 miles of the New York City Marathon on a bad knee in November and have been in physical therapy since. Before the pandemic intervened, I changed my workout routine, running less, going to the gym more, lifting weights to strengthen the muscles around my knee and to tone my upper body.
…. In the evening on Saturday, I finally got my five miles in for coronavirus aid. Green lights came on in a sober township ritual, honoring several high school students who have cancer. A firehouse siren pierced the silence. But it soon grew quiet again in the gloaming, and I could hear another runner breathing across a four-lane road.
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