NIGHTFALL in a Sentence

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, just at nightfall, on a December evening, knapsack on back and thorn club in hand, a large fire had broken out in the town-hall.

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 Meanings and Examples of NIGHTFALL
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nightfall
 n.  the time of day immediately following sunset
Classic Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1  , just at nightfall, on a December evening, knapsack on back and thorn club in hand, a large fire had broken out in the town-hall.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—THE HISTORY OF A PROGRESS IN BLACK GLASS TRINKE...
2  He re-entered it at nightfall, with the child, by way of the Barrier Monceaux.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI—NUMBER 9,430 REAPPEARS, AND COSETTE WINS IT IN...
3  Every evening, at twilight, he walked for an hour or two, sometimes alone, often with Cosette, seeking the most deserted side alleys of the boulevard, and entering churches at nightfall.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE REMARKS OF THE PRINCIPAL TENANT
4  On the following day, at nightfall, he went back.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PROD...
5  The old woman, who was the only inhabitant of the house except himself, always went to bed at nightfall, so that she might not burn out her candles.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER V—A FIVE-FRANC PIECE FALLS ON THE GROUND AND PROD...
6  The nuns here possess one privilege, it is to be taken to that cemetery at nightfall.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER I—WHICH TREATS OF THE MANNER OF ENTERING A CONVEN...
7  The burial will take place at the Vaugirard cemetery a little before nightfall.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
8  Then Marius ceased to go out until after nightfall.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT
9  At nightfall, he went to the Rue de l'Ouest, and saw a light in the windows of the third story.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IX—ECLIPSE
10  At nightfall he emerged from the hole whither he returned before daylight.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—BABET, GUEULEMER, CLAQUESOUS, AND MONTPARNASS...
11  They were in the habit of assembling at nightfall, the hour when they woke up, on the plains which adjoin the Salpetriere.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—COMPOSITION OF THE TROUPE
12  And in the evening, at nightfall, at the hour when groups form and talk in whispers, he was discussed at La Force in the Fosse-aux-Lions.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER X—TARIFF OF LICENSED CABS: TWO FRANCS AN HOUR
13  On the following day, at an earlier hour, towards nightfall, she was strolling in the garden.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—COSETTE'S APPREHENSIONS
14  Marius, at nightfall, was pursuing the same road as on the preceding evening, with the same thoughts of delight in his heart, when he caught sight of Eponine approaching, through the trees of the boulevard.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—A CAB RUNS IN ENGLISH AND BARKS IN SLANG
15  At nightfall, at nine o'clock precisely, as he had promised Cosette, he was in the Rue Plumet.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER II—MARIUS
Example Sentence:
1  This couple is often seen walking along the beach in the nightfall.