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nightfall

[ nahyt-fawl ]

noun

  1. the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.

    Synonyms: sundown, twilight



nightfall

/ ˈnaɪtˌfɔːl /

noun

  1. the approach of darkness; dusk


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nightfall1

First recorded in 1605–15; night + fall

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Example Sentences

By nightfall, I had showered, eaten some soup that a friend brought me, and I slept in my room for 12 solid hours.

By nightfall, ISIS patrols were roaming house to house within Tikrit to capture and execute men identified as targets.

Pilots were left to navigate the U.S. using landmarks, and were grounded after nightfall and during bad weather.

When nightfall hits, the two reverse the ritual, locking it up for the night.

The worst attack occurred after nightfall on Thursday at a snooker club in Quetta in an area frequented by Hazara Shia Muslims.

The capitulation was a matter of half an hour, and by nightfall I followed the duke and his escort into the town.

Always is to do a good deed, and there's a deal of work yet to be finished before nightfall.

The contest was continued with great obstinacy till nightfall, when the rebels retired.

It was about three o'clock when we left JordansPg 254 with a view of reaching Oxford, still a good many miles away, by nightfall.

They were afraid, both of them, and they were sad; the melancholy of nightfall had entered into their little hearts.

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