Definition of "sunset" []

• The event or time of the daily disappearance of the sun below the western horizon. (noun)
• A decline or final phase: the sunset of an empire. (noun)
• Providing for the automatic termination of a government program or agency unless deliberately reauthorized by law: a state-funded program with a sunset provision. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Sure, driving off into the sunset is a bit schmaltzy but I lke all the rest of it far more than the cliche of jumping on a grenade to save everyone."
• "I have heard people say the sunset is a lonely time, when fears come out, and apprehensions creep over them ... and all their troubles come trooping home."
• "One evening, when work was over, we found him walking the forecastle, taking what he called his sunset food shaker, in a more than usually thoughtful mood."