[
US
/ˈivnɪŋ/
]
NOUN
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the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
he enjoyed the evening light across the lake -
a later concluding time period
it was the evening of the Roman Empire -
the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
an evening at the opera
How To Use evening In A Sentence
- Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
- The conference began with a Wednesday evening welcome reception, held at Chicago's Field Museum, where 28 mostly Illinois breweries had set up beer stations among two stuffed elephants, a couple of totem poles and a tyrannosaur skeleton. Beer: A celebration of craft brewing
- My first indication that I'm going to need to let out my belt a couple of notches comes at the hotel's raclette and fondue evening.
- The evening is an absorbing night out and one not to be lightly ignored.
- We filter all the e-mails in the evening to verify whether any bogus votes are cast.
- The sky began to clear and there were puffy white clouds forming as the evening faded away.
- It was now early evening, and Vera was in the kitchen, preparing the food that she had sent Bill out for.
- On the evening of 24 May 1941, British lieutenant commander Malcolm Wanklyn, in command of the submarine Upholder, sighted an enemy troop convoy strongly escorted by destroyers off Sicily.
- I love to cook, but I don't feel like spending the energy every evening.
- By Friday evening, 45 bodies had been cremated in mass ceremonies.
