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[ US /ˌæftɝˈnun/ ]
NOUN
  1. a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
  2. the part of the day between noon and evening
    he spent a quiet afternoon in the park

How To Use afternoon In A Sentence

  • A spokesman said: ‘Snow will continue through the day with a few dry interludes and it will slowly improve by the afternoon with snow turning more showery.’
  • One afternoon, I grew bored and actually fell asleep for a few minutes.
  • In an attempt to break the strike, management used megaphones to instruct the afternoon shift, who were gathered in a car park, to return to work or face immediate dismissal.
  • The deadline for acceptance of the offer is Thursday afternoon, but both sides have claimed they have the upper hand in a takeover battle which is becoming increasingly bitter.
  • My abiding memory is of him watering his plants in the garden on sunny afternoons.
  • She has determined on going this afternoon.
  • James arrived in midafternoon with former teammate Damon Jones.
  • The snowstorm will last till tomorrow afternoon.
  • And they sing and play oboes and clarinets and violins and cellos and recorders on through the late afternoon in a warm, close auditorium.
  • The work is done by prisoners at a unique computor workshop inside Gloucester jail, visited this afternoon by Princess Anne.
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