nightfall

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

By nightfall, videos show public gatherings across Tehran, Karaj and Isfahan, where thousands of Iranians celebrate or mourn Khamenei’s killing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 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

At nightfall the nuns were exhausted, unable to move, give another order, and still the troop of tireless adolescents was in the courtyard singing school songs out of tune.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez