Examples of nightfall in a Sentence
When nightfall came, we were still waiting for the electricity to come back on.
since you aren't taking a flashlight, make sure you're back at camp by nightfall
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Advertisement By nightfall, the warplanes return.
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Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
Structured as a road movie, the film opens in morning light and tracks the family through to nightfall, moving from one temple to the next with scenes of travel in between.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
Terminus always made sure their arrival came just after nightfall when the streetlights were lit and families were sitting back with full bellies bumping against their dinner tables, houses quiet; all conversation having already been spent between forkfuls of food and hearty swallows of drink.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Looking high overhead and toward the south just after nightfall, there is a broad star pattern formed by four stars.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 May 2026
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Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026
Structured as a road movie, the film opens in morning light and tracks the family through to nightfall, moving from one temple to the next with scenes of travel in between.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
Terminus always made sure their arrival came just after nightfall when the streetlights were lit and families were sitting back with full bellies bumping against their dinner tables, houses quiet; all conversation having already been spent between forkfuls of food and hearty swallows of drink.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Looking high overhead and toward the south just after nightfall, there is a broad star pattern formed by four stars.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 May 2026
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“Nightfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nightfall. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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