How to Use sundown in a Sentence

sundown

noun

• Passover ends tomorrow at sundown.
• By sundown, the British had still not made it to the White House.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 7 June 2018
• For now, gas plants do the bulk of the work keeping the lights on after sundown.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
• Now the Davids can see a twinkling on the horizon at sundown.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2019
• Not one bite of food or sip of water from sunup to sundown.
  — Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 16 June 2017
• The creations will keep the kids crafting and chasing the next gust till sundown.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018
• The field opens at 6 p.m. and the movie starts at sundown. Don’t forget to pack your blanket or lawn chairs.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 20 Aug. 2019
• The holiday starts at sundown on Thursday and ends the evening of Dec. 18 this year.
  — Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2020
• This year, Passover begins at sundown on March 27 and ends on April 4.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 14 Dec. 2020
• After sundown, tear gas and flares clouded the streets of Tirana.
  — Fox News, 9 June 2019
• The field opens at 7 p.m., and films begin around a half-hour after sundown.
  — Washington Post, 9 July 2021
• The protests come as Passover is set to begin at sundown Monday.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2024
• This was one of the last nights the group will meet there, as the holy month of Ramadan ended Thursday at sundown.
  — Laura Gómez, azcentral, 15 June 2018
• Pro tip: Catch a weekly movie at sundown with your drink.
  — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Sunday is the last night of Hanukkah, which ends Monday at sundown.
  — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 28 Dec. 2019
• Young men stopped stepping out of their homes post sundown.
  — Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, Quartz India, 17 Sep. 2019
• Lighting the Tree Just after sundown, a massive fir tree in the square lights up.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2023
• Young Thug took the stage before sundown and had trouble hyping up the crowd.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2018
• Eid al-Fitr -- which is the day to break a month-long period of sunup-to-sundown fasting.
  — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
• Come sundown, there’s stargazing, s’mores, and wine around the campfire.
  — Vogue, 1 Oct. 2017
• The first day Passover begins this year at sundown on Friday night.
  — Howard Ludwig, Daily Southtown, 30 Mar. 2018
• After the game, the players rushed back to their hotel before sundown on time for the start of the Sabbath.
  — Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2020
• My recipe for rest starts hours before my head hits the pillow, around sundown.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
• For the month of April, from sunrise to sundown, Jafar, a junior, doesn't eat and drink, or even chew gum, and doesn't run.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
• At sundown, Kidspace closed for the day and the budding talent fanned out, hearty moms and dads in tow, to further explore the grounds.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, latimes.com, 25 June 2017
• The amphitheater will open an hour before sundown when the movies will start.
  — The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2023
• The amphitheater will open an hour before sundown, when the movies will start.
  — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 21 May 2024
• Check us out near the temple (open after sundown), or visit the etoy.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2006
• The dark comedy’s premise is rather dystopian: In the future, winning a lottery means that anyone who kills her by sundown can claim the lottery for themselves.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• Sufian Jit, a resident of the village, said a group of 100 settlers streamed in before sundown Thursday, burning cars, puncturing water tankers and destroying homes.
  — Julia Frankel and Aref Tufaha, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024