Sundown
['sʌndaʊn]
Definition
(n.) The setting of the sun; sunset.
(n.) A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sunset.
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Examples
- He sailed to the attack in a double line about sundown, putting the French between two fires. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When the news reached me of McPherson's victory at Raymond about sundown my position was with Sherman. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It war sundown an hour syne. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The nature of the ground was such, however, that on this occasion it could do nothing in aid of the troops until sundown on the first day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He was across the river and in camp on the south bank, on the right of Warren, by sundown. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We reached the city gates just at sundown. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It must now be nearly sundown again. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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