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
• Mitchell played in the afternoon and birdied the last two holes to join him.
  — Doug Ferguson, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
• There could be some winds up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
  — Jane Morice | [e-mail], cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022
• The Dodgers didn’t do much at the plate the rest of the day, finishing the afternoon with four hits.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2022
• The snow level will rise to about 2,000 feet in the afternoon.
  — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2023
• The snow level will rise to about 1,000 feet in the afternoon.
  — oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2022
• There wasn’t a line at the bar there midway through the afternoon.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 30 July 2022
• Metro Phoenix is the place for outdoor fun in the summer — just not in the afternoon.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2022
• Winds will pick up in the afternoon and gust between 35 and 45 mph.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2023
• One in the morning with food, and one in the afternoon, also with food.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2022
• The Dawson's Creek star's mom Kathy joined them for the afternoon out.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2022
• Late in the afternoon, Cameron had one last costume change to make, and the trailers were far away from the set.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
• 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
• Howell’s second triple of the afternoon came in the the sixth and also drove in two runs.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 7 May 2023
• Start this process in the morning and allow the hot afternoon sun to dry your wood through.
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 July 2024
• There will be times of sun and clouds, breezy and very warm with a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
  — Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2024
• High above her was the blue sky, and a few hundred feet away the afternoon was peaceful.
  — Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
• Lee had a slight fever and a sore throat in the afternoon, the office said in a later statement.
  — Kanis Leung, ajc, 21 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Even with the crowd roaring, Ohio State’s offense — which had been stymied for much of the afternoon — came to life.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2022
• And lucky for me, there were extras for an afternoon snack with tea.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2025
• The same man was seen on video footage climbing out of Zhuang's second-story window the afternoon before she was found dead.
  — Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
• Performances are Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, as well as on March 1 and 2.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 8 Mar 2025