Afternoons

Examples

• The scene of that afternoon was repeated that evening, and on the three afternoons and evenings next ensuing. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I've worked sometimes whole afternoons, trimming her caps, and getting her ready to go to a party. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mostly I slept in the mornings, and in the afternoons, sometimes, I went to the races, and late to the mechanotherapy treatments. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I went over there afternoons and afterward stopped at the caf?and had a drink and read the papers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• As spring came on, a new set of amusements became the fashion, and the lengthening days gave long afternoons for work and play of all sorts. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• A bleeding about the poll on Sunday afternoons was amply accounted for by the explanation. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Haven't I come into court, twenty afternoons for no other purpose than to see you pin the Chancellor like a bull-dog? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• On Thursday afternoons (half-holidays) we now took walks, and found still sweeter flowers opening by the wayside, under the hedges. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• This one blacked his shoes: that toasted his bread, others would fag out, and give him balls at cricket during whole summer afternoons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• So she gave her mornings to duty, her afternoons to pleasure, and prospered finely. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Generally in the afternoons, and always in the evenings, Richard gave us his company. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• These alternate changes, from rain to sunshine, were continuous in the afternoons. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On one of these warm afternoons Eustacia walked out alone in the direction of Yeobright's place of work. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Edited by Dinah