nightfall
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Synonyms & Antonyms for nightfall
Synonyms
crepuscule (or crepuscle), dusk, eve, evenfall, evening, eventide, gloaming, night, sundown, sunset, twilight
Antonyms
aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup
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But after nightfall, both the rocket attacks and Israeli airstrikes had stopped. — Fares Akram, The Seattle Times, "Cease-fire takes hold between Israel and Hamas," 13 Nov. 2018 The agenda ends, half a dozen stops later, after nightfall with a Christmas parade in the town of Pearsall, population 10,345. — Kyle Peterson, WSJ, "Lessons From a Republican Survivor," 4 Jan. 2019 Image Many dozens of free performances of every kind — surf rock, punk cabaret, mandolin orchestra, Bach — fill the city from dawn to nightfall each summer solstice for Make Music New York. — New York Times, "A Musical Solstice Spectacle Sprawls Across New York," 22 June 2018 The two men and two boys didn’t return by nightfall and rescuers began searching for them. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "4 climbers, including 2 Boy Scouts, found alive after going missing while hiking Mount Baker in Washington," 2 Oct. 2018 That superficial calm is gradually chipped away over the course of the day, and by nightfall chaos reigns—case in point, the exhilarating and deranged climax of last week’s episode. — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Sharp Objects Episode 5: Adora Is Officially the Worst Mother Ever," 6 Aug. 2018 Rescue operations were suspended as of nightfall because conditions were too dangerous to continue, officials said. — Susan Hogan, Washington Post, "Volcano erupts in Guatemala, killing at least 25, injuring dozens more, officials say," 4 June 2018 By nightfall, demonstrations across France had drawn 125,000 people, according to Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, and 118 protesters and 17 police officers were injured. — Stacy Meichtry, WSJ, "Riots Resurface Across France, Piling Pressure on Macron," 9 Dec. 2018 Come nightfall, this drag becomes the heart of Cape Town nightlife. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "Loud, Crowded, Grease-Stained, and Gloriously Drunk: Where the World Eats After Hours," 8 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nightfall.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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