sundown
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Synonyms & Antonyms for sundown
Synonyms
crepuscule (or crepuscle), dusk, eve, evenfall, evening, eventide, gloaming, night, nightfall, sunset, twilight
Antonyms
aurora, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup
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The weather was lovely, and the views — particularly of the Art on the Mart digital-art projections at sundown — were spectacular. — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, "Food Bowl diary: Great events from the first two weeks, plus final week breakdown," 23 Aug. 2019 The field opens at 6 p.m. and the movie starts at sundown. Don’t forget to pack your blanket or lawn chairs. — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, "Summer's not over yet! Don't miss these free outdoor movies and concerts in Louisville," 20 Aug. 2019 Toward sundown, Celinda Vangrieken and Yadira MartÃnez walked to the edge of town, to check a well hidden away under scrub brush. — New York Times, "They Survived Colonization and War. But Venezuela’s Collapse Was Too Much.," 30 July 2019 Plenty of stores are slated to stay open, so people can still get all their holiday accoutrements before sundown. — Wilder Davies, Time, "Here's Everything That's Open and Closed on July 4th 2019," 3 July 2019 Where to Dine Ichirin Shibuya Crossing at sundown is a juiced-up, neon party. — James Whitlow Delano, National Geographic, "Here’s your ultimate Tokyo itinerary," 25 Apr. 2019 The aircraft fly at an altitude of 200 to 300 feet, the same at which birds fly at dawn and near sundown. — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, "City, military officials took wrong route to Elmendorf’s bird island," 8 June 2019 Just before sundown Tuesday, more than 40 trucks headed toward Baghouz, the last village where IS militants are trapped with hundreds of civilians. — Sarah El Deeb, The Seattle Times, "Pressure builds to get civilians out of last IS-held enclave," 20 Feb. 2019 Sagittarius, one of the popular summer constellations, rises in the southeast after sundown. — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, "The Stars This Week: June 23-29," 23 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sundown.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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