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

The court heard that she no longer goes out after dark, and that her closest friend had told her: "The spark has gone out of your eyes."

From BBC • Feb. 25, 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

Couldn’t never take him anywhere except after dark.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor