after dark
Example Sentences
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He said that he, like many others, avoids the area after dark, fearing it is haunted.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Airglow occurs when atoms and molecules that absorbed energy from sunlight during the day release that excess energy as light after dark.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
He would slip in after dark, and we’d stay up late talking about his family in Iran, classical music and the particular pressure of being the son someone sacrificed everything to bring here.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
It was after dark on a recent Thursday, and sheets of rain blurred his vision through protective glasses.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
It was now after dark, but Gene Johnson feared Ebola so much that he did not want to let the building sit untouched overnight.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
