How to Use sundown in a Sentence

sundown

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  • Passover ends tomorrow at sundown.
  • For now, gas plants do the bulk of the work keeping the lights on after sundown.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Now the Davids can see a twinkling on the horizon at sundown.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The holiday starts at sundown on Thursday and ends the evening of Dec. 18 this year.
    — Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com, 8 Dec. 2020
  • This year, Passover begins at sundown on March 27 and ends on April 4.
    — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The field opens at 7 p.m., and films begin around a half-hour after sundown.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2021
  • The protests come as Passover is set to begin at sundown Monday.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Pro tip: Catch a weekly movie at sundown with your drink.
    — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Sunday is the last night of Hanukkah, which ends Monday at sundown.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, ExpressNews.com, 28 Dec. 2019
  • Young men stopped stepping out of their homes post sundown.
    — Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, Quartz India, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Lighting the Tree Just after sundown, a massive fir tree in the square lights up.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Eid al-Fitr -- which is the day to break a month-long period of sunup-to-sundown fasting.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2020
  • After the game, the players rushed back to their hotel before sundown on time for the start of the Sabbath.
    — Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2020
  • My recipe for rest starts hours before my head hits the pillow, around sundown.
    — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • For the month of April, from sunrise to sundown, Jafar, a junior, doesn't eat and drink, or even chew gum, and doesn't run.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The amphitheater will open an hour before sundown when the movies will start.
    — The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2023
  • Each evening after sundown, the fast is broken with a prayer and meal called iftar.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Rosh Hashana begins at sundown on Sept. 15 and ends at nightfall on Sept. 17.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
  • And should that huge rooster be crowing right at sundown?
    — Allan Gurganus, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2020
  • In fact, Elisa Johnson’s lenses come with a mild tint just for those ready to rock a pair after sundown.
    — Jamila Stewart, Essence, 10 May 2021
  • Yom Kippur, the somber Day of Atonement, begins at sundown on Sept. 15.
    — al, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Then there’s also the eight-day celebration of Hanukkah, which this year begins at sundown on Dec. 18 and runs through the evening of Dec. 26.
    — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
  • By sundown, the outlook had brightened like the sun radiating off the Rose Bowl’s seats.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The art is best viewed after sundown, but workshops and artist talks begin as early as 4 p.m. on some days.
    — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Israeli forces were put on high alert across the city ahead of the holiday, which begins at sundown on Sunday evening and lasts a week.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2022
  • That means the trial will break by sundown on Friday, and resume Sunday.
    — Kathryn Watson, Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2021
  • At sundown on Saturday, millions of Jews worldwide will be marking the start of Passover with a Seder meal.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The behaviors start or get worse around sunset or sundown.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Inmates lived in small camps and worked sunup to sundown in nearby plantation fields.
    — Jerry Mitchell, ProPublica, 12 Jan. 2020
  • Passover begins at sundown on Friday, April 15, and ends at nightfall April 23.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2022

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