How to Use afternoon in a Sentence

afternoon

noun

• She spent the afternoon at the library.
• It took us all afternoon to get there.
• It's going to be a long afternoon listening to lectures.
• I remember the many rainy afternoons I spent reading at the library.
• It was early afternoon when I left.
• I'll see you again tomorrow afternoon.
• She doesn't have class on Friday afternoons.
• In the 1,600, a strong breeze picked up in the middle of the afternoon.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
• Mitchell played in the afternoon and birdied the last two holes to join him.
  — Doug Ferguson, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Feb. 2023
• The snow level will rise to about 1,000 feet in the afternoon.
  — oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2022
• The snow level will rise to about 2,000 feet in the afternoon.
  — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2023
• Winds will pick up in the afternoon and gust between 35 and 45 mph.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2023
• One in the morning with food, and one in the afternoon, also with food.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2022
• Late in the afternoon, Cameron had one last costume change to make, and the trailers were far away from the set.
  — Laura Barcella, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
• Maybe a rumble in the afternoon as a brief surge of milder air comes in, and that’s when highs in the near 60 to mid-60s range happen.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023
• Howell’s second triple of the afternoon came in the the sixth and also drove in two runs.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 7 May 2023
• Start this process in the morning and allow the hot afternoon sun to dry your wood through.
  — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 July 2024
• There will be times of sun and clouds, breezy and very warm with a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
  — Leah Olajide, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2024
• High above her was the blue sky, and a few hundred feet away the afternoon was peaceful.
  — Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
• In the afternoon, the wind whipped up, so strong that Cochran began taking videos of the flying leaves.
  — Joanna Slater, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• As of Tuesday afternoon, there had been no arrests in the case.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2023
• Portland will see rain mixed with snow at times through the afternoon.
  — oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023
• Low temperatures will be in the mid-50s and highs in the afternoon will top 70.
  — Elise Hammond, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
• Some scattered showers could start to pop up as the afternoon wears on.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• The storms are likely to hit in the afternoon, evening and overnight on Sunday, the weather service said.
  — Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 17 Aug. 2024
• As of Sunday afternoon, West had yet to post any new tweets(Opens in a new window).
  — Emily Price, PCMAG, 30 July 2023
• During the picnic, staff set up a tent for respite from the afternoon sun and served lunch and even champagne.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2024
• Temperatures climb from the 40s this morning to afternoon highs in the low-to-mid 50s.
  — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
• On Thursday afternoon, the Texas football program announced that Louisiana Tech had been added to its schedule for the 2028 season.
  — Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
• However, as of Wednesday afternoon caucus officials were unable to provide the list of the candidates running on Harris’ slate to reporters who were also kept from entering the building.
  — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 4 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024