close of day
Example Sentences
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"Old age should burn and rage at close of day," she quotes Dylan Thomas, momentarily sounding like the teacher she once was.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
Sometime in those years I memorized the daily devotions for morning and close of day from the Book of Common Prayer.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022
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
