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
• Dip sushi as the sun dips, too, and the city lights up by nightfall.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Dec. 2025
• Dip sushi as the sun dips, too, and the city lights up by nightfall.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
• That will give leaves time to dry off before nightfall.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
• Be sure to switch the night vision on once nightfall rolls around!
  — New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2024
• The four-mile trek could take until nightfall.
  — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
• Most remained in place by nightfall.
  — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
• Onboard the ship, there are blues and rock-and-roll clubs that come alive at nightfall.
  — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Sep. 2021
• By nightfall, 100-mile-per-hour winds howled through the canyons.
  — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
• Blake’s artistic style is well suited to the sounds of nightfall.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
• The moon’s clash with Venus puts you in a moody headspace that lasts until nightfall.
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 12 May 2026
• 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, workers pulled the bloated corpses, one by one, out of the boat with a crane.
  — Renata Brito, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2020
• The 5 mph north wind will continue through the day, then kick up by nightfall.
  — Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024
• Watering early in the day gives the plant more time to dry out by nightfall.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
• The video takes a more explicitly dark turn as dusk turns to nightfall.
  — Izzy Colón, SPIN, 4 Feb. 2022
• The chief said divers would be out until nightfall and back on Wednesday.
  — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2022
• After nightfall, access is open and free.
  — CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
• Come nightfall, this drag becomes the heart of Cape Town nightlife.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2018
• The search began in the morning and was still going well past nightfall.
  — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2026
• With no one found by nightfall, local crews suspended their search for the day.
  — Logan Hall, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
• But any deal appeared to have fallen through, with the crossing yet to open by nightfall.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2023
• The crash sparked a brush fire that had grown to about 20 acres shortly after nightfall.
  — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• The air will get even colder as the day goes on, reaching around 3 degrees by nightfall.
  — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 21 Jan. 2026
• After hours of looking, crew members paused at nightfall.
  — Sam Gillette, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
• Watering in the morning gives the leaves time to dry out before nightfall.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
• After nightfall, a line of torches guided me to dinner along the beach.
  — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
• 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
• But because this was the last stop on the tour, Ian convinces me to stay until nightfall.
  — Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 18 Mar. 2025