How to Use eve in a Sentence

eve

noun
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  • Globe staff On the eve of the album’s release, the band was nervous.
    — L. Wayne Hicks, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • The eve of el Dia de la Virgen is a busy night for Cantabrana.
    — J. Emilio Flores, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • It was also shared on the eve of the anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 May 2024
  • On the eve of the 1960s, Americans who lived in cities started to move to the suburbs.
    — Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Tunis pleaded guilty to all 48 charges on the eve of the trial.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But, on the eve of the new season, there was a dramatic late twist.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The big pullback comes on the eve of OPEC's meeting this weekend.
    — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 2 June 2023
  • On the eve of the game, the last of the year, seniors burn a pair of cleats in a moving-on ceremony.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In the past, the Prince and Princess of Wales almost always shared the portraits on the eve of their children’s birthdays.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
  • For dinner, on the eve of Meghan's 42nd birthday, the Duchess looked chic in a black-and-white striped strapless maxidress from Posse.
    — Town & Country, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Bosa, for the past couple of seasons, has addressed his teammates on the eve of games.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • On the eve of his 25th anniversary of brewing in San Diego, Hasker is the area’s reigning lord of lagers.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • On the eve of the event, Lourd is speaking out to address the family drama.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • Now, on the eve of the 168th Hamilton County Fair, my story today takes a look at the future of the fair and the fairgrounds.
    — Scott Wartman cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Jensen was intrigued, and her husband persuaded her to try the scan on the eve of her 50th birthday.
    — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • My birthday present to Brett Hollander on the eve of his 40th birthday.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
  • The Detroit Lions made a move to bolster their running back room on the eve of training camp.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
  • On the eve of October, the mercury rose to 76 degrees, one above the Sept. 30 average.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Robert wrote a letter to his ex and their children in November 1994, on the eve of O.J.’s trial.
    — Christie D’zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
  • One day four years ago, on the eve of Frances’s sixtieth birthday, Patrick had come in from the fields, sat at the kitchen table, and slumped over.
    — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Max’s announcement of the renewal comes on the eve of the final two episodes of the first season dropping on Feb. 8.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Passaro’s sons James and Ron kept him company on the eve of wedding.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • On the eve of the holiday, all her branches were shut as the coronavirus began to spread fast.
    — Li Yuan, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • When Kerr hurt her left calf on the eve of a World Cup that Australia is co-hosting, the story transfixed the country.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • There is little energy in the country’s largest city on the eve of the opening kickoff.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • In 2014, on the eve of his retirement, Mr. Berthelot got the idea to cross France on his recumbent bike for three months.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2023
  • The series begins in the dying days of apartheid, with South Africa on the eve of its first democratic elections.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
  • On the eve of the event, Davis stood up at his table at fine-dining restaurant Nobu to deliver a toast.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The wedding takes place on the eve of the Civil War, which will dramatically shape her fate, and that of the rest of her family.
    — The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Florida staged Media Day Tuesday on the eve of the opening of fall camp Wednesday.
    — Wesley Alden, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024

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