How to Use nightfall in a Sentence

nightfall

noun

• When nightfall came, we were still waiting for the electricity to come back on.
• Since then, and with nightfall, the mood has changed on board.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022
• Come nightfall, join the swarms of Dubliners in the No.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• Dip sushi as the sun dips, too, and the city lights up by nightfall.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
• The night is capped with a fireworks show at nightfall.
  — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 23 June 2017
• Sure enough, a queue appeared in the car park by nightfall.
  — The Economist, 20 June 2020
• Onboard the ship, there are blues and rock-and-roll clubs that come alive at nightfall.
  — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2023
• By nightfall on this night in late August, at least 50 cars would cruise in and out of the lot.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
• Be sure to switch the night vision on once nightfall rolls around!
  — New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2024
• Look to the east at nightfall to spot Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Come nightfall, this drag becomes the heart of Cape Town nightlife.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2018
• At nightfall, workers pulled the bloated corpses, one by one, out of the boat with a crane.
  — Renata Brito, Star Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
• At nightfall, workers pulled the bloated corpses, one by one, out of the boat with a crane.
  — Renata Brito, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2020
• Blake’s artistic style is well suited to the sounds of nightfall.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
• Corvus can be found at nightfall about one-quarter up in the south-southeast part of the sky.
  — Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2025
• At nightfall this month, Cassiopeia shines high in the north while the Dipper lurks low.
  — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
• The 5 mph north wind will continue through the day, then kick up by nightfall.
  — Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024
• The crash sparked a brush fire that had grown to about 20 acres shortly after nightfall.
  — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• Watering early in the day gives the plant more time to dry out by nightfall.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
• By nightfall, there were 16 dogs, two cats, a pig, and a half-dozen horses milling around in the courtyard.
  — Mattathias Schwartz, Daily Intelligencer, 22 Dec. 2017
• Thereafter, the flash freeze front will reach the East Coast, with highs in the 40s and 50s on Friday replaced by lows in the teens by nightfall.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2022
• This was a job not for the faint of heart, but rather for the bee team, which, apart from the one sting, safely removed the bees by nightfall.
  — Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2019
• This year, the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah will take place from the evening of Nov. 28 through nightfall on Dec. 6.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 23 Nov. 2021
• Sunday calls for a high of 67 degrees during the day and a low 51 by nightfall.
  — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
• But because this was the last stop on the tour, Ian convinces me to stay until nightfall.
  — Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025
• Crews stayed on scene until nightfall to monitor and extinguish hot spots.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 June 2026
• The long, studious shadows at nightfall were too much for a slightly glossy city boy to appreciate.
  — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
• As the evening winds down, sparklers signal the unofficial start of nightfall celebrations.
  — Abby Price, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
• That will give leaves time to dry off before nightfall.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
• So for the most up-to-date information, keep track of the forecast as nightfall approaches in your area.
  — Connor Greene, Time, 8 June 2026