[
US
/ˌæftɝˈnun/
]
NOUN
- a conventional expression of greeting or farewell
-
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.