after dark
Example Sentences
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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
They’ve opened studios and galleries alongside the stationery store, coffee shops, tea cocktail lounges, fusion restaurants and destination bars that come fully to life only after dark.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Sure enough, the Taliban launched Chinese-made rockets at the base after dark, planted there, we were told, by farmers who had been either bribed or coerced into doing so.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
Employees at some drilling sites lived in a military-style compound and were forbidden from leaving after dark.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
Abuela had to drive home after dark, all three hours by herself, back to Abilene.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
