From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtwilight worldtwilight worldliterarySTRANGE a strange situation involving mystery, dishonesty etctwilight world of the twilight world of espionage → twilight
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twilight world• The inescapable presence of doubt is a constant reminder of our responsibility to truth in a twilight world of truth and half-truth.• Theirs was a twilight world of hushed voices, concealed books and illegal exhibitions.• ACCORDING to acquaintances who move in the twilight world of Private Eye, the satirical magazine is hoping for a Conservative victory.• Terri, in the twilight world of the zombie, was writing the three words over and over again.• I came to realize that the twilight world actually existed unseen, but in parallel, with everyone else's world.• the twilight world of New York punk clubs