sunset
the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,903 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,675 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon also: sundown
- atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun
- the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
adjective
- of a declining industry or technology sunset industries
- providing for termination a program with a sunset provision
sunset in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And through the hill-gaps sunset light Shone over it with a warm good-night.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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I’ll undertake the task, and you’ll hear from me again before sunset to-morrow.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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Toward sunset my frame was struck as with an arrow by the sensations of hunger on passing a cook's-shop.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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And, moreover, all this was just after sunset upon Walburga's Eve, when almost anything is rather more than likely to happen.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1
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For fast the streaks of ruddy sunset paled In the oak clearing, and, as daylight failed, Slow, overhead, the dusky night-birds sailed.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1