How To Use Nightfall In A Sentence

An hour later, after nightfall, he repassed the plantation, going northward in the direction from which he had come.
It was the long wait for nightfall that built up the tension. Bomber
If something happened at a luncheon or garden party it was bound to be all over the town by nightfall, thanks to gossipmongers like Lady Miller and her ilk.
Tom was the only man who dared run the bar in the dark, and that last time, between nightfall and the dawn, with a southeaster breezing up, he had sailed his schooner in and out again. BY THE TURTLES OF TASMAN
I had planned to just play for an hour or two, but events soon conspired to keep me in Connecticut until nightfall.

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Though he prayed for a moose, just one moose, all game seemed to have deserted the land, and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, light-handed, heavy-hearted. The White Silence
Staggering home to the tent after nightfall he would have been sure, sooner or later, to fall into a dry shicer and break his neck, or into a wet one and be drowned. Australia Felix
Howsomever, the wind breezed up a little on the second day, and by nightfall it blew pretty freshish, with a heavyish sea on. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar
We first visited the village of Sand Beach, and returned at nightfall to the breakwater, which is five miles distant from the former; here the yacht was cabled to the dock. By Water to the Columbian Exposition
In the last flush of the setting sun, impalas and wildebeest pull tighter together and drift toward deep cover before nightfall.
I reckon you can make it across the desert and back long before nightfall, if speed is your aim.
The port district, although deserted by sailors and dockhands by nightfall, still played host to a vast syndicate of criminals.
Nightfall found us still travelling, and the day of 24th March had almost broken before we "debussed" to find ourselves in the devastated area of the Somme lands, near the village of Ayette. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919
Ilderim and I and the remaining three waited until nightfall, and then set off on foot to the thicket where we were to rendezvous; there were the first six horses and a sowar waiting, and round about midnight Shadman and his companions came clattering out of the dark to join us, crowing with laughter. Fiancée
Before nightfall, the group had seen amethyst, citrine, imperial topaz, aquamarine, tourmaline, and even alexandrite.
The combat raged without intermission until nightfall: three cannon shots, discharged at the extremity of either line, then marked as if preconcertedly, the pause of battle; and both armies bivouacked exactly where the morning light had found them. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte
Don't put out any more seed than can be eaten by the birds by nightfall, especially where raccoons, opossums, deer, or rodents are a problem.
At nightfall they got to within forty yards of the Aboriginal camp before the dogs detected them.
This couple is often seen walking along the beach in the nightfall.
To his unspeakable thankfulness the young man gathered from the chance remarks of one of the speakers that Dick, alive and uninjured, had been brought by Horoeka into the _kainga_ at nightfall, and was now shut up in one of the _wharés_. Adventures in Many Lands
The glassy lake began to ruffle itself below her, feeling the pulses of its interfluent springs, or sending through unseen sluices word of nightfall and evening winds to all its clustering companions that darkened their transparent depths in forest-shadows. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864
There wouldn't be enough time to drop by the Academy before nightfall, and he didn't particularly want to be abroad in the streets then.
His back was thick enough for toting an oaken ice box, and he would most likely be voiceless, a mute acceptor of direction, of order, a pure pieceworker whose every dollar earned, you could bet, would be quaffed off before nightfall.
By nightfall there may be thousands of them deep in the wood, in shelter and safety. Times, Sunday Times
It was a four-days 'hard march to the locality where Captain Buxton counted on finding his victims; and when on the fourth day, rather tired and not particularly enthusiastic, the command bivouacked along the banks of a mountain-torrent, a safe distance from the supposed location of the Indian stronghold, he sent forward his Apache Mojave allies to make a stealthy reconnoissance, feeling confident that soon after nightfall they would return with the intelligence that the enemy were lazily resting in their "rancheria," all unsuspicious of his approach, and that at daybreak he would pounce upon and annihilate them. Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier
Our sky chart shows Orion for about one hour after nightfall.
At nightfall, protesters demanded the withdrawal of troops at the prime minister's office, known as Government House, where a tense standoff subsided when protesters agreed to leave for the night. Bangkok Protesters Force Army to Pull Back
If you do use overhead sprinklers, water during the early morning so your plants have time to dry before nightfall.
It was now long after nightfall, yet the interminable forest through which he journeyed was lit with a wan glimmer having no point of diffusion, for in its mysterious lumination nothing cast a shadow.
I did not see how we could withstand a determined attack after nightfall.
By nightfall the whole city was burning.
By nightfall, this place will be crawling with soldiers.
Our cust'mary precaution iv dhrawin 'in th' pickets afther nightfall an 'buryin' our rifles, which had repeatedly failed in th 'past owin' to th 'caution iv th' Boers, wurruked admirably. Observations By Mr. Dooley
Looking out the window, the sun is low in the clear sky, but it's still a few of hours until nightfall.
But the nightfall was not something I enjoyed, away from the bright world of the flowers and trees.
Toward nightfall he grew feverish, and rang frequently the bell that summoned the banksman. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time
He took a long drink of water from the spring and lay under the shade of the tree, awaiting nightfall, when he could pick up a pup or two for supper.
Nightfall: This ability can now trigger while the Warlock is sitting.
By nightfall more than a thousand mourners crammed the streets outside the main gates.
Most climbers build snow walls around their tents in an effort to stem the winds that howl across the plateau come nightfall.
/[Page 372] /imagining, all afternoon, over Ayr and environs (Arran from the sea sand, in the hazy east wind nightfall, grand and grim. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
Before nightfall, the group had seen amethyst, citrine, imperial topaz, aquamarine, tourmaline, and even alexandrite.
AT nightfall, on the 25th of August, the kibitka came in sight of Krasnoiarsk. Michael Strogoff
I love to light upon such a one, especially after nightfall, as everything about a forge tells to most advantage at night; the hammer sounds more solemnly in the stillness; the glowing particles scattered by the strokes sparkle with more effect in the darkness, whilst the sooty visage of the sastramescro, half in shadow and half illumed by the red and partial blaze of the forge, looks more mysterious and strange. Lavengro
By nightfall, Hallowell's brigade had covered sixteen miles and had bivouacked at Spring Hill.
Then nightfall, bringing the neon bling of a housey club. Times, Sunday Times
We shall sleep well to-night; but let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862
Burton, "which are such as are served to the kings."] [Footnote 486: Night DLXVII.] [Footnote 487: Wectu 'l asr, i.e. midway between noon and nightfall.] [Footnote 488: Lit. "was broken" (inkeseret).] [Footnote 489: Burton, "with the jerid," but I find no mention of this in the text. Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp
They had advanced 20 miles by nightfall.
So, they might have to wait until nightfall, use the infrared assets that they have on the helicopters, after everything kind of cools down. CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2006
Nightfall is a work of striking juxtapositions and tones that by picture end, come off like an unforgettably disarming person -- you're charmed, discombobulated, even slightly disturbed, and you're not sure what to make of it all. Kim Morgan: For the Love of (Film Noir): Nightfall
Soldiers dispersed the peasants with rifle butts, and by nightfall, violence was sweeping through the province.
The regiments that had fought at Quatre Bras arrived earlier and managed to set up bivouacs, such as they were, before nightfall.
But Gudrun forgat not her woe, but brooded over it, how she might work some mighty shame against the king; and at nightfall she took to her the sons of King Atli and her as they played about the floor; the younglings waxed heavy of cheer, and asked what she would with them. The Story of the Volsungs
Before nightfall, another ranch hand, a jerkline skinner named Slim, presented the childlike Lennie with a puppy from his dog's litter.
In By Nightfall the register is necessarily more masculine, the oscillations now between a language of transcendence and a kind of cornered, caustic blokishness. Alan Hollinghurst On Michael Cunningham: The New York Review Of Books
By nightfall, several dozen boats will be out on the lake with their lanterns twinkling in the velvet darkness.
The event was scheduled after nightfall because the designer wanted dark skies over the glass ceiling in the Grand Palais – all the better to show off his neon-outlined set, complete with perspex street lights and twinkling black floor. Statue of Coco sets scene for Chanel show
Being a brakeman in the days before the automatic airbrake was pretty dangerous work, but this guy's blues don't seem too bad: after all, he'll be in New Orleans eating dinner and picking up strange women by nightfall. The 9513
He examined several photographs in shades of green, obviously taken after nightfall with a light intensifying lens.
Come nightfall, darkness embraces not only the relief camp but also the minds of the inmates.
Before nightfall, the group had seen amethyst, citrine, imperial topaz, aquamarine, tourmaline, and even alexandrite.
Their mystery deepens at nightfall over the landscape, and as bitter winds howl and shriek in the lonely valleys and impenetrable thickets of tall and spiky trees.
The temperature was in the high thirties right up until nightfall and thus we took every opportunity to avail ourselves of shade and air-conditioning.
We concealed our case and abode on coals of fire till nightfall, when I opened the river-gate and, calling the boatman who had carried us the night before, said to him, 'I know not what is become of my mistress; so take me in the boat, that we may go seek her on the river: haply I shall chance on some news of her. Arabian nights. English
From the skies, Tomás had viewed where the range valleyed, knew the location of the dry riverbed where they could cross and perch themselves in a cave until nightfall. Their Dogs Came With Them
Turning back to the small window, he saw the small village he had been staring at since nightfall.
By nightfall, Oklahoma City was born on the prairie, a tent city of 10, 000.
You should cross the lake before nightfall.
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By nightfall the tall dark handsome pines loomed ominously overhead.
This couple is often seen walking along the beach in the nightfall.
Black preferred hunting at nightfall; but if, during the day, when crouching at his gate-post stropping his claws, he observed Tiny walking about miauling and crying, he knew at once he must get away as early as possible: it would rain that night.
Let's push on it's nearly nightfall.
Then, at nightfall, she came out of the desert in a sleek automobile with bloody upholstery.
Nothing can shake the Federals, who, at nightfall, valiantly led by Gen.
Muslims are required to bury the dead as soon as possible, preferably before nightfall on the day of death.
By nightfall, the road emptied, and dozens of lights from campfires dotted the tree line on both sides.
So he had begun to bang against the door, hoping against hope that he could get out before nightfall.
By nightfall the advanc - ing plants would leave them no opening, and they would have to fight for their lives while the Orange Adept laughed. Juxtaposition
Then his neighborhood turned ugly: a talk show host who lived nearby was bludgeoned to death in his sleep; residents stopped walking the streets after nightfall.
Soldiers dispersed the peasants with rifle butts, and by nightfall, violence was sweeping through the province.
Dark, inky black clouds swathed over the sun and blotted out the sky like a curtain of stormy nightfall.
By nightfall on Friday, the contrast in the faces of Donald and Garcia revealed much.
The blue light casts a glow on the land that is only extinguishable by nightfall.
As discussed in physical description above, rabbitfishes lose their color at nightfall and may also change color if threatened.
Before nightfall, the group had seen amethyst, citrine, imperial topaz, aquamarine, tourmaline, and even alexandrite.
At daybreak, the boats returned to the shore and the merchants busied themselves with buying and selling and the transport of the goods and gear till nightfall, whilst Hasan lay hidden beneath the settle, weeping-eyed and woeful-hearted, knowing not what was decreed to him in the secret preordainment of Allah. Arabian nights. English
She vaguely points downwards, as if alerting the darkening world to imminent nightfall.
By nightfall, several dozen boats will be out on the lake with their lanterns twinkling in the velvet darkness.
Kagig sent us down bread and yoghourt at nightfall, so that those who had lived thus far did not die of hunger. The Eye of Zeitoon
The waves were strong, The Heart of Isis laboured heavily and the men were tested sorely, but by nightfall they had cleared the island without finding safe harbor.
No matter what the game, losing streaks come as surely as nightfall, and sooner or later every gambler discovers the martingale.
His "killingly fair-minded and viciously funny" review of the Pulitzer prize-winning author Michael Cunningham's latest book, By Nightfall, has won novelist and critic Adam Mars-Jones the inaugural Hatchet Job of the Year award. Review of The Hours author's latest book wins inaugural hatchet job award
This couple is often seen walking along the beach in the nightfall.
The twenty yard stretch was cleared by nightfall, although the sides would be unstable until enough sandbags could be filled and lodged into place to retain the loose mud.
At nightfall the trickster returned, and when the two men saw him, they turned their fury on him.
By nightfall there were 20 climbers crowding the shelter and the walls were covered with wet clothes.
They had to get out of the forest before nightfall, but the edge of the terrain was at least two days travel.
You are the reason why he left for so long, and didn't come back until nightfall.
They slipped across the border at nightfall.
It shines for an hour a day at nightfall. Times, Sunday Times
By nightfall all the rifle companies had been over-run; some sections, and platoons from these companies extricated themselves at nightfall.
That provincial England closed at nightfall, save for two bingo halls and some old boys playing dominoes in the snug.
Twenty cents, thirty cents, fifty cents, sixty cents, were the values of the gold found in the pans, and at nightfall he washed his banner pan, which gave him a dollar's worth of gold-dust from a shovelful of dirt. All Gold Canon
Gadhafi's forces pounded rebel-held areas of the city with rockets, mortars and anti-aircraft fire, but by nightfall were pushed out of a multistory hotel on the square. Libyan rebels: Eastern oil terminal Brega taken
Highlighting the evening is the luminaria service, a candlelight vigil held at nightfall to honor survivors and to remember those lost to cancer. HW Stand Up To Cancer: Relay For Life «
While never advocating terror explicitly, translators were discovering Arafat did acknowledge the need for "Amalia" during the day, ( "acts") implying civil disobedience to Israeli directives, while simultaneously (and rather coyly) stating matters "after nightfall" were an entirely distinct issue. Qanta Ahmed, MD: The Adventures of Itamar Marcus and the Hamas Bunny: Palestine at Play
I left them again resting, fearing I had overdone my arrangements for arriving just after nightfall and went on down that road which was more terrible than ever now to my bruised, weary feet, but even more lovely than ever in the dying light of the crimson sunset, with all its dark shadows among the trees begemmed with countless fire-flies — and so safe into Travels in West Africa
You didn't join a caravan of vehicles fleeing down after the chemical attack at the Mall of America, trying to make Fargo by nightfall.
At nightfall on the marshes, the thing was eerie and fantastic to behold(Robert Louis Stevenson.
His eyes fell shut as he drifted off into a light doze, waiting for nightfall.
Like clockwork, the structures form in the afternoon and break down after nightfall.
We fought light rain on the second day, but by nightfall we had reached the coast and found the heliport.
Mars' rise is very close to sunset / nightfall and its zenith will be just after midnight.
After aligning his Pulitzer-winning novel The Hours to Mrs Dalloway and Virginia Woolf, Cunningham makes a mistake in linking By Nightfall to Joyce, continues Mars-Jones: "If he had chosen softer models he would cut a better figure, the contrast being smaller … Joyce would have begrudged By Nightfall the rationed reading time failing eyes he gave so willingly to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Review of The Hours author's latest book wins inaugural hatchet job award
The sacred cross is the intersection of the cracks of daybreak and nightfall. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
This couple is often seen walking along the beach in the nightfall.
At nightfall, the ceremony ended with a recorded train whistle sounding over loudspeakers.
You should cross the lake before nightfall.
The looming mass might be a storm, nightfall or pollution; in any case, the effect is undeniably foreboding.
That girl goes out after nightfall That girls not fat Id say That girl shes spaghetti to my meatballs Ya know they call her Snickers all dayyy Snooki is my fantasy on TV That I just cant miss. WN.com - Business News
In the last flush of the setting sun, impalas and wildebeest pull tighter together and drift toward deep cover before nightfall.
By nightfall, local police and U.N. peacekeeping forces had been deployed, and a nighttime curfew was declared.
Until nightfall it was too dangerous to move. Times, Sunday Times
Mrs. Fry withdrew, and waiting for nightfall followed the woman: down a winding alley, past rows of rotting tenements, into a cellar below a ginshop. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great
Donnie was guesting in one of my Wilderness Walks television programmes and despite the fact he had performed a song called Nightfall on Marsco he had never actually climbed the hill.
Nightfall is an album of deeply introspective ballads.
So he sported and joyance grew on him and he bestowed robes of honour on the damsels and gave and bestowed, challenging this girl and kissing that and toying with a third, plying one with wine and morselling another with meat, till nightfall. Arabian nights. English
An hour later, after nightfall, he repassed the plantation, going northward in the direction from which he had come.
The snaggletooth spider would have crawled right up their nose, and remain in hiding until nightfall, when the spider will crawl into the open mouth and commence a feast upon incisors, molars, and any other kind of dentition. Snaggletooth Spider
By nightfall, the British squad lay proudly on top of the medals table for Olympic rowing.
He looked upon the peasant girls face to see that even nightfall could not deter her curious nature.
Let's push on it's nearly nightfall.
Indian boys play with makeshift bats and balls from cockcrow to nightfall.
Hal looked around at the unfamiliar place where they had spent the hours since nightfall.
I was woken just before nightfall, by Erin sitting down on the bed I had conjured up.
We have a long days journey ahead of us, and I wish to reach home before nightfall.
We shall sleep well to-night; but let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862
When nightfall came, they all gladly surrendered to the blissfulness of sleep.
Since nightfall they had been dancing through the town. Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent
Mickey Zucker Reichert is the author of several fantasy series such as Beasts of Barakhai, Legend of Nightfall, Renshai Chronicles, and The Bifrost Guardians series. MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 3)
Harp did not let the horse slow its pace until well near nightfall.
When nightfall arrived, it found the four weary travelers just entering the city.
In Guatemala, by nightfall on April 17th indigenous peasant organizations had occupied 14 fincas (private land holdings) covering over 5,076 hectares.
At nightfall, the ceremony ended with a recorded train whistle sounding over loudspeakers.
By nightfall he was fatigued, footsore, famished.

How To Use Nightfall In A Sentence

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