nightfall

Example Sentences

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Those who do come in start earlier alongside him but leave before nightfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

By nightfall, the country would begin to learn the outcome.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The search began in the morning and was still going well past nightfall.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

In the weeks that followed its capture, the streets emptied out at nightfall and the buzz evaporated from the bars that had once offered some respite in a region scarred by three decades of conflict.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

“Do you have the eyes of an owl, to find a trail at nightfall? We sleep here and I shall be off at first light. With good luck, I may have her back before...”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander