sunset

Example Sentences

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As Israel prepared for the Passover holiday, which began at sunset Wednesday, air raid sirens sounded repeatedly in the Tel Aviv area.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Each weekday afternoon as the processing concludes and sunset approaches in those 65 cities, the young men and women, with few of the rest of us aware of it, make that promise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

A "sunset clause" will see the agreement end by 31 March 2028.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

On March 9, a federal appeals court order formally ended the plan, which the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act was slated to sunset by 2028.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

On the evening of 11 November 1571, soon after sunset, a young Danish nobleman called Tycho Brahe was looking at the night sky.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton