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
• 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
• 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
• Blake’s artistic style is well suited to the sounds of nightfall.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
• Watering early in the day gives the plant more time to dry out by nightfall.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
• 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 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
• The chief said divers would be out until nightfall and back on Wednesday.
  — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2022
• Come nightfall, everyone eats at the cookhouse and sleeps in the bunkhouse (or a cabin!).
  — Jami Supsic, Country Living, 11 Sep. 2022
• Come nightfall, drive north out of Moab and head deep into the wilderness, spread out a blanket, and gaze up at the sky above.
  — Alicia Erickson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2022
• 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
• In spring, when the grass flushes green, the herds return home from grazing in the hills each nightfall by themselves.
  — Kate Eshelby, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2023
• By nightfall, crowds had gathered in Tel Aviv, the center of the protest movement, and other cities.
  — Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• On the move from sunrise to nightfall, and often beyond, Otha Moore Sr. didn’t have to say it for his son to feel it.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• The video takes a more explicitly dark turn as dusk turns to nightfall.
  — Izzy Colón, SPIN, 4 Feb. 2022
• The Quail fire had burned at least 150 acres in mountainous terrain and grassy lands by nightfall.
  — Paul Pringlestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2022
• After nightfall, three masked men burst into the hall and took out one of the strikers, Ed Gregor.
  — Kenneth C. Barnes, Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2023
• Rosh Hashana begins at sundown on Sept. 15 and ends at nightfall on Sept. 17.
  — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
• Sudarshan Bartaula, spokesman for Tara Air, said the air search may have to be stopped for the day because of nightfall.
  — Time, 29 May 2022
• Starters can be in the rotation one day and in Oklahoma City by nightfall.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
• This year’s observation begins the evening of May 5 and ends at nightfall on May 6.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Jan. 2024
• Before nightfall, the Bonhomme Richard was a salvage heap.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2022
• And nightfall was heralded with a major blast that shook buildings in the city center.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2022
• The wind will diminish later Friday and be much lighter by nightfall.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• One commenter said the area feels unsafe after nightfall.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 20 June 2023
• The entire highway was closed briefly before it was reopened at nightfall.
  — NBC News, 24 Dec. 2021
• If powdery mildew is present, water-wand rose bushes early in the day, so leaves have time to dry before nightfall.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
• But by nightfall, winds had shifted from the north and northeast to northwest and sea breezes were expected to help clear the atmosphere.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024