How to Use sundowner in a Sentence

sundowner

noun
  • The hard part will be deciding the best spot for sundowners.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
  • There’s also an all-day pool bar with sundowners and, of course, DJ beats.
    Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • This chocolate and cream striped dress is perfect for a sundowner when the day in the bush slowly turns to night.
    Rana Good, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • There are plenty of sundowners in the meantime (mocktails for the kids), even when the sun is blazing.
    Priscilla Eakeley, Town & Country, 30 Nov. 2016
  • Go here for date night, fun with friends, happy-hour sundowners, or a late-night cigar.
    Ann Marie McQueen, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Up top, the flybridge of more than 900 square feet is perfect for sky-high sundowners.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
  • Enjoy a full day on safari—on drives or wildlife cruises—and end the day with a sundowner in the wilderness.
    National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • The mental heaviness of the tour has me ready for a sundowner, the Cape Town version of happy hour.
    Cori Murray, Essence, 1 July 2019
  • For the cocktail lovers, there are few more striking places in the Maldives to enjoy a sundowner than at Whale Bar.
    Travis Levius, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Take your sundowner barefoot, in chairs set up for you in the warm, shallow water.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 2 June 2021
  • Soon the tracker showed up with the back of the vehicle set up for a sundowner, pouring champagne.
    Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2022
  • At golden hour, an in-the-know crowd come for sundowners or pop-up suppers hosted by guest chefs.
    Rachel Howard, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The perch has more tables and chairs, the option for private dining, and, when the stars align, sundowners among a who’s-who of African animals.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Go in the late afternoon and order a sundowner from the bar to celebrate, before finding a spot to watch the sunset, just the two of you.
    Laura Hampson, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The town itself is walkable and safe, with plenty of places to enjoy a sundowner, lovely meal, or the nightlife.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce hosts a sundowner mixer from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Then the sundowner winds picked up, a scenario that over the decades has spread many of Santa Barbara County’s most destructive fires.
    Andrea Castillo, latimes.com, 9 July 2018
  • Idle with them over a sundowner at Pesce Barraca on the water—keep an eye out for the paper cones of fried fish, passed around as bar snacks, or at Le Boe nearby.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 15 June 2023
  • The beach sanctuary Mojo will offer lunch and sundowner drinks by the pool and SAI tea lounge will highlight the finds of a tea sommelier.
    Lauren Jade Hill, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • There's good snorkeling in the neighboring bay and sundowner boat trips.
    Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Sharing a sundowner, as the British call sunset cocktails, can be the perfect finish to a summer day on the San Mateo County coast.
    Jeanne Cooper, SFChronicle.com, 11 July 2018
  • For a low-key and beautiful sundowner, head to Pirate Bay, an open-air bar set on a fisherman’s bay in Otrobanda.
    Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Split across three levels, this open-air bar is a popular spot for sundowners in the city, with front-row views of the capital's daily golden hour.
    Ann Marie McQueen, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Nov. 2023
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, sundowners is a group of symptoms and behaviors, rather than a disease.
    Beth Wood, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • End the day by rubbing elbows with Kampala’s revelers or enjoying a nice sundowner at any number of bars across the city.
    Alana Muhoza, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2022
  • It's now nearly doubled in size, and the quintessential spot to indulge in a proper sundowner such as Williams' crowd-pleasing rum punch Kendie's Kick.
    Katie Chang, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2021
  • Serving up a generous scoop of escapism, Pyo's SS21 collection vibrates with zingy hues made to be worn with a sundowner.
    Georgia Murray, refinery29.com, 5 Feb. 2021
  • With only 50 passengers, there’s plenty of room on deck for sundowners.
    Betsy Blumenthal, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2018
  • The perfect evening would involve a trip to the terrace for a sundowner, accompanied with a little taste of their stellar meat selection, all butchered in house.
    Tom Marchant, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Dec. 2017
  • Many travelers might conjure up visions of tented camps, gourmet meals under a baobab tree, game drives through golden savanna, and sundowners at the end of the day.
    Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic, 14 June 2019

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