Examples of sundown in a Sentence
Passover ends tomorrow at sundown.
we were told that the best time to see elk is at sundown
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He was stuck deep in the recesses of shock and grief at the loss of the boy who’d labored by his side for so long, a boy who’d never harmed anyone and who had sat behind the wheel of that silver Saab from sunrise to sundown for the family.
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Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
The Islamic world, including the UAE, is observing the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from sunrise to sundown.
—Dana Khraiche, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
Lent ends at sundown on Holy Thursday, which is the day before Good Friday.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2026
The shooting occurred about a half hour after sundown, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
The Islamic world, including the UAE, is observing the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from sunrise to sundown.
—Dana Khraiche, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
Lent ends at sundown on Holy Thursday, which is the day before Good Friday.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2026
The shooting occurred about a half hour after sundown, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Sundown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sundown. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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sundown
noun
sun·down
-ˌdau̇n 
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