close of day
Example Sentences
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At the close of day one, South Africa were 43-4, 169 runs behind Australia.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
A scene unfolds: New Yorkers dashing home at the close of day.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2021
The close of day left 273 British regulars and about 95 Americans dead or wounded.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
“Do not go gentle” became a reported favorite: Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
From Time ● Nov. 24, 2015
At the close of day, when night comes, the troop goes to sleep in a dead, leafless tree.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
