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.
• Portland will see rain mixed with snow at times through the afternoon.
  — oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023
• Winds will pick up in the afternoon and gust between 35 and 45 mph.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2023
• In the afternoon, a public announcement will be made at central count.
  — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
• Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
• Lines usually start building in the afternoon, and no one wants to wait outside while friends are enjoying themselves indoors.
  — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
• The weather service has gotten lots of reports of wind damage as the storms moved through Alabama through the afternoon.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 3 Mar. 2023
• If your kid experiences them repeatedly, taking a short nap in the late afternoon can reduce fatigue.
  — Lori Miller Kase, Parents, 30 Oct. 2024
• In the Afternoon Blood pressure rises as the day goes on and typically is at its highest for the day in the afternoon.
  — Anisha Shah, Verywell Health, 16 Mar. 2023
• Public elementary schools were structured to be half-day in length, with the assumption that children would come home for lunch and mothers could provide care in the afternoon.
  — Rachel M. Cohen, Vox, 30 Oct. 2024
• There's hiking in the morning, followed by strength conditioning, yoga, or circuit training in the afternoon for a total of 8 hours of activity.
  — Liz Krieger, Town & Country, 1 Mar. 2023
• In the 1,600, a strong breeze picked up in the middle of the afternoon.
  — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024