as in night
the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness eventide was their favorite time for enjoying a quiet respite in the backyard

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Recent Examples of eventide Even though there’s no alcohol, these drinks, perhaps sipped with socially distanced friends in your eventide backyard, will buoy your spirits in an equally convivial way. Beth Segal, cleveland, 5 June 2020 East Bluff Trail at Devil's Lake State Park, perched along the Ice Age National Scenic Trail, will blow your eventide expectations. Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2022
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Noun
  • The Friday night menu features a choice from two main courses and dessert, packed and ready to go.
    Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2025
  • There were silent Sunday night dinners at restaurants and essentially no contact with any extended relatives.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • That striking setting is first seen at dusk in a sequence whose fusion of poetry, tradition, kinship and omen sets the mood for what follows, as does the plangent lyricism of the (uncredited) score’s oud.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
  • The post included photos of the actress stepping into a turquoise ocean and looking off into the sunset, as well as glimpses of Theroux, first walking down a garden pathway at dusk and then spending time in a hot tub.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 16 May 2025
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  • However, the battery here only lasted for around half an hour at the highest beam, so is probably best saved for emergency use only rather than long hikes after sunset.
    Paul Ridden May 19, New Atlas, 19 May 2025
  • On Friday, March 1, 2024, just after sunset, a man sat in his vehicle with his brother in the front passenger seat outside his apartment building near the end of the block.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Conditions are expected to cool off and become more humid the evening of May 14 after another warm and dry day, potentially helping with the fire behavior, officials said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • The college bar features the bathroom that is an insult to wild animals, and yet young men find these places as the ideal spot to find love for one, but no more than two, evenings.
    Mac Engel May 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • But not just because of its stunning cast: set in the twilight of the Gilded Age, when a murder strikes the estate of an eccentric and failing tycoon, that era’s biggest celebrities make an appearance as well.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • For some inside the Capitol, Kehoe’s involvement in the twilight of the legislative session poses a big test of the new governor’s political clout after spending years as a prominent Jefferson City businessman.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The video, which was obtained by ABC News through a public records request, shows members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol questioning Abrego Garcia on the side of Interstate 40 after nightfall.
    Jared Kofsky, ABC News, 2 May 2025
  • Until Spencer shows up after nightfall to alter the math, that is.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Eventide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eventide. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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