How to Use nightfall in a Sentence

nightfall

noun

• When nightfall came, we were still waiting for the electricity to come back on.
• Since then, and with nightfall, the mood has changed on board.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022
• Come nightfall, join the swarms of Dubliners in the No.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• Dip sushi as the sun dips, too, and the city lights up by nightfall.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
• Sure enough, a queue appeared in the car park by nightfall.
  — The Economist, 20 June 2020
• Onboard the ship, there are blues and rock-and-roll clubs that come alive at nightfall.
  — Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2023
• By nightfall on this night in late August, at least 50 cars would cruise in and out of the lot.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
• Be sure to switch the night vision on once nightfall rolls around!
  — New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2024
• Look to the east at nightfall to spot Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
• Come nightfall, this drag becomes the heart of Cape Town nightlife.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2018
• At nightfall, workers pulled the bloated corpses, one by one, out of the boat with a crane.
  — Renata Brito, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2020
• Blake’s artistic style is well suited to the sounds of nightfall.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022
• At nightfall this month, Cassiopeia shines high in the north while the Dipper lurks low.
  — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
• The 5 mph north wind will continue through the day, then kick up by nightfall.
  — Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024
• The crash sparked a brush fire that had grown to about 20 acres shortly after nightfall.
  — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• Watering early in the day gives the plant more time to dry out by nightfall.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 16 June 2023
• By nightfall, there were 16 dogs, two cats, a pig, and a half-dozen horses milling around in the courtyard.
  — Mattathias Schwartz, Daily Intelligencer, 22 Dec. 2017
• Thereafter, the flash freeze front will reach the East Coast, with highs in the 40s and 50s on Friday replaced by lows in the teens by nightfall.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Dec. 2022
• This was a job not for the faint of heart, but rather for the bee team, which, apart from the one sting, safely removed the bees by nightfall.
  — Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2019
• This year, the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah will take place from the evening of Nov. 28 through nightfall on Dec. 6.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 23 Nov. 2021
• Sunday calls for a high of 67 degrees during the day and a low 51 by nightfall.
  — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
• By nightfall, the insurgents opened the gates of the city’s prison and were seen near the historic Blue Mosque on Mazar-e-Sharif’s main square.
  — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2021
• Come nightfall, more trucks and taco stands will appear.
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
• The chief said divers would be out until nightfall and back on Wednesday.
  — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2022
• But when nightfall comes, the town turns into a nightmare.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
• The stars were out long before nightfall in Foxborough.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021
• Come nightfall, the in crowd moves to the cocktail spot Barbosa or the nearby tapas bar Bonnie.
  — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2024
• Come nightfall, everyone eats at the cookhouse and sleeps in the bunkhouse (or a cabin!).
  — Jami Supsic, Country Living, 11 Sep. 2022
• By nightfall, a glowing ring of fire surrounds the Pueblo’s courtyard.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
• Less than an hour later, the rescue turned into a recovery mission, with deputies searching until nightfall.
  — Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Feb 2025