nightfall

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Come nightfall, I walked to the 11th arrondissement, known for its dining and shopping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 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

By nightfall, my table sat above the city at the NH Collection Calderón rooftop over Rambla de Catalunya.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025

Everything that comes of morning undoes itself before nightfall: rooster walks back into forest, fires die down, birds coo-coo-coo, sun sinks away, sky bleeds, passes out, goes dark, nothing exists.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver