after dark
Example Sentences
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Fire offered many advantages, including warmth, protection from predators, light after dark, and eventually the ability to cook food.
From Science Daily • Jun. 24, 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
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
The blaze showed no signs of slowing after dark, with the buildings engulfed in an eerie orange glow.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
Hazel and Bigwig had decided that the raid should be carried out as soon after dark as the farm was quiet.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
