sunset
Use Sunset in a sentence
noun
2.
the atmospheric and scenic phenomena accompanying this.
4.
the close or final stage of any period.
adjective
5.
(of an industry, technology, etc.) old; declining: sunset industries.
6.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a sunset law: to add sunset restrictions to a bill.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon |
| 2. | the atmospheric phenomena accompanying this disappearance |
| 3. | Also called: sundown the time at which the sun sets at a particular locality |
| 4. | the final stage or closing period, as of a person's life |
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Example sentences
The horizon hills are still rimmed by a faint line of flame, and the sky above them glows with the crimson flush of the sunset.
The dawn began to reappear before the last reflection of the preceding sunset had faded from the horizon.
It simply means that nobody asks you to pay when, for example, you watch a beautiful sunset over the hills.
The plan was for the fighter jets to patrol the box from sunset to sunrise.
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