How to Use nightfall in a Sentence

nightfall

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  • When nightfall came, we were still waiting for the electricity to come back on.
  • Since then, and with nightfall, the mood has changed on board.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Dip sushi as the sun dips, too, and the city lights up by nightfall.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Sure enough, a queue appeared in the car park by nightfall.
    — The Economist, 20 June 2020
  • Onboard the ship, there are blues and rock-and-roll clubs that come alive at nightfall.
    — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2023
  • By nightfall on this night in late August, at least 50 cars would cruise in and out of the lot.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Look to the east at nightfall to spot Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • At nightfall, workers pulled the bloated corpses, one by one, out of the boat with a crane.
    — Renata Brito, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Blake’s artistic style is well suited to the sounds of nightfall.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
  • At nightfall this month, Cassiopeia shines high in the north while the Dipper lurks low.
    — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Watering early in the day gives the plant more time to dry out by nightfall.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
  • Thereafter, the flash freeze front will reach the East Coast, with highs in the 40s and 50s on Friday replaced by lows in the teens by nightfall.
    — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • This year, the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah will take place from the evening of Nov. 28 through nightfall on Dec. 6.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 23 Nov. 2021
  • By nightfall, the insurgents opened the gates of the city’s prison and were seen near the historic Blue Mosque on Mazar-e-Sharif’s main square.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Come nightfall, more trucks and taco stands will appear.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • The chief said divers would be out until nightfall and back on Wednesday.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2022
  • But when nightfall comes, the town turns into a nightmare.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The stars were out long before nightfall in Foxborough.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Come nightfall, everyone eats at the cookhouse and sleeps in the bunkhouse (or a cabin!).
    — Jami Supsic, Country Living, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Come nightfall, drive north out of Moab and head deep into the wilderness, spread out a blanket, and gaze up at the sky above.
    — Alicia Erickson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2022
  • But any deal appeared to have fallen through, with the crossing yet to open by nightfall.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
  • With nightfall just hours away, Will and Trevor split up in hopes of finding Shawn quickly.
    — Jr Sullivan, Field & Stream, 23 Dec. 2020
  • In spring, when the grass flushes green, the herds return home from grazing in the hills each nightfall by themselves.
    — Kate Eshelby, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The fire was reported at just over 3,000 acres by nightfall.
    — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2021
  • By nightfall, crowds had gathered in Tel Aviv, the center of the protest movement, and other cities.
    — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • On the move from sunrise to nightfall, and often beyond, Otha Moore Sr. didn’t have to say it for his son to feel it.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The video takes a more explicitly dark turn as dusk turns to nightfall.
    — Izzy Colón, SPIN, 4 Feb. 2022
  • But restaurants and shops in the Oregon District reopened by nightfall on the day of the shooting.
    — Ceili Doyle, The Enquirer, 4 Aug. 2020
  • But come nightfall, this Erie property begins to take on a more sinister vibe.
    — Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Sky-gazers in the US who spied auroras caused by a G3 storm over the weekend witnessed the northern lights within an hour or two after nightfall, Dahl said.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024

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