How to Use afternoon in a Sentence

afternoon

noun

• She spent the afternoon at the library.
• It took us all afternoon to get there.
• It's going to be a long afternoon listening to lectures.
• I remember the many rainy afternoons I spent reading at the library.
• It was early afternoon when I left.
• I'll see you again tomorrow afternoon.
• She doesn't have class on Friday afternoons.
• In the 1,600, a strong breeze picked up in the middle of the afternoon.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
• Maybe a rumble in the afternoon as a brief surge of milder air comes in, and that’s when highs in the near 60 to mid-60s range happen.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• In the afternoon, the wind whipped up, so strong that Cochran began taking videos of the flying leaves.
  — Joanna Slater, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• As of Tuesday afternoon, there had been no arrests in the case.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2023
• Some scattered showers could start to pop up as the afternoon wears on.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• As of Sunday afternoon, West had yet to post any new tweets(Opens in a new window).
  — Emily Price, PCMAG, 30 July 2023
• Temperatures climb from the 40s this morning to afternoon highs in the low-to-mid 50s.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
• As of Thursday afternoon, the shooter was still at large.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• Plant it in a spot that gets direct sun but some protection from the hot afternoon sun.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
• Disastrous turn The Lahaina fire then flared up in the afternoon.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Richard Winton, Alexandra E. Petri and Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2023
• Over the past seven days, as of Tuesday afternoon, the lab recorded 2 inches of new snow.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2024
• The defense rested their case Wednesday afternoon, after the agent left the stand.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• Wind gusts of 30 mph to 40 mph and bouts of heavy rain are possible into the afternoon across northern parts of the state as a storm system moves across the area.
  — Eric Zerkel, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
• Light east wind becoming southeast at 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2024
• The lawn features sun loungers and a hammock to enjoy the postcard views on breezy Hawaiian afternoons.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2024
• Winds lighten up during the morning but are likely to be howling out of the northwest by the afternoon.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• Sheriff's deputies had gone to the Turner's home on the afternoon of March 3, when the child's parents told them that their son never returned home from school.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
• This all occurred on a spring day in which the blue sky of morning gave way increasingly to the dim gray overcast of afternoon.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
• But all in all the afternoon did not seem likely to foster foreboding.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• The 24th edition of Ultra kicked off Friday afternoon in Bayfront Park.
  — David Catanese, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
• In the early afternoon, Democrats queued in a long line that stretched to the back of the House chamber to cast votes by hand during a procedural motion.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• Still, the area was not entirely taken over by the news media: At one point in the afternoon, a lone rooster wandered around a large open space in the court plaza.
  — David Ovalle, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
• Even during the rainy season, the island blooms green and lush, making the passing afternoon showers seem worth it.
  — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024