It would have to be soon, though; I glanced up at the eastern sky, where soft grey rain clouds were swiftly darkening into purple dusk.

The sun had set and a purple dusk was closing down on the valley when the mourners returned from their journey to the hills.

He drove home through a soft purple dusk.

The combat settled; in the last purple dusk of twilight, they could barely see flies settling.

Ahead the cliffs of the escarpment were fading into the smoky purple dusk.

An odd purple dusk had fallen, and the church, lit from the inside, looked almost like a blast furnace from the road.

The purple dusk allowed her to see her way, and slowly Viviane moved toward the music.

By this time, a purple dusk had descended over the trees.

The afternoon was fading into purple dusk when they returned, five ragged-looking soldiers with rifles slung over their shoulders.

An orange sunset segued into a purple dusk.