sundown
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of sundown
Example Sentences
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“If the conflict abates by Monday sundown, coinciding with the start of the Jewish holiday Purim, the oil price spike could prove short-lived,” Kaneva wrote.
From Barron's
“If the conflict abates by Monday sundown, coinciding with the start of the Jewish holiday Purim, the oil price spike could prove short-lived,” Kaneva wrote.
From Barron's
Glancing up at the sun, he said, “Now, you’d better get to the house and help your mother set those hens. I’d like to finish planting this field before sundown.”
From Literature
He painstakingly hangs up a variety of Rams banners on the overpass fences and then stands behind them on a concrete walkway waving a yellow Rams towel and leading freeway cheers from noon until sundown.
From Los Angeles Times
Now it was only -16 degrees Celsius, and they had plenty of daylight to make it to the fishing cabin before sundown.
From Literature
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