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Example sentences for "night fell"

  • Night fell, and sleep held all things living on the earth.

  • But the roar of Benton--that grew as night fell.

  • Night fell, and the road was difficult to follow.

  • And two days back, as night fell, some travellers, amongst whom rode two women, had likewise hurried by, westward.

  • Prosper and I plying the oars diligently, we reached Mortlach; whence in a cart we drove as night fell to Kingston.

  • He sank soon after this little speech into a coma which continued to hold him in its unbroken grasp as night fell.

  • He built a fire, as night fell, to serve both as beacon and as a defence against the cold.

  • Night fell, filling the ravine with its shadows.

  • Night fell, the darkness grew deeper and deeper, and the cold made Boule de Suif shiver, in spite of her plumpness.

  • As night fell, the signs of an imminent retreat were clearly manifest to observers in the Boer rear, at Ladysmith.

  • Night fell as the grandfather and I went out.

  • Night fell, and still the train rushed on, in the midst of the roaring and growling of wild animals, which fled from the advancing locomotive.

  • Night fell, the troops had not returned; the commandant began to feel anxious, though he did not betray his anxiety.

  • What he had not observed was that as night fell, and the breeze got up, the floundering brig straightened herself up like a man lame made miraculously whole, and followed his transport up the gulf.

  • Night fell on a scene of panic and confusion.

  • Night fell like a stroke of a black wing feathered with storm-cloud.

  • As night fell, and darkness slunk back again and held the field, so returned the legion of fears and doubts that battled for his soul.

  • Night fell as the priest stepped upon the shore of his new home.

  • Two days later a river steamer, impressed by the federal authorities, stopped at the mouth of the Boque, and a squad of soldiers marched over the unfrequented trail to Simití, where they arrived as night fell.

  • Night fell; motor lights flashed past to the noise of horns.

  • Night fell, and its first hours seemed interminable.

  • As night fell gently in the quiet forest I allowed my thoughts to wander towards the dear land of France that perhaps I should never reach, towards the loved ones I might never see again.

  • Night fell, the colors were furled and the saplings dropped, and we pressed into serried ranks and marched straight over hill and dale for the lights that were beginning to twinkle ahead of us.

  • Night fell, and when they reached the Silliston road the lights of Hampton shone below them in the darkness.

  • Night fell to the music of the paddles, to the scent of the officers' cigars, to the blood-red vomit of the tall stacks and the smoky flame of the torches.

  • Night fell as though a blanket had been spread over the tree-tops, and above the dreary splashing men could be heard calling to one another in the darkness.

  • The day before I was set free, as night fell I went for the last time all through and all round the prison.

  • Night fell; the primrose-yellow of the "toa" faded to ghostly white; not a breath of wind stirred.

  • Night fell with a slight improvement in the weather; the wind dropped and only a thin drizzle was falling.

  • Towards evening the sky clouded over, and as night fell we could see Cadiz, already at a great distance, gradually vanish in the mist till the last faint outline became one with the darkness.

  • Night fell, increasing the misery and horror of our situation.

  • Night fell, and as I was perishing with cold I quitted the deck where I could scarcely bear myself besides incurring constant risk of being swept overboard by a wave, so I went down into the cabin.

  • As night fell, before the battle, the moon's face was stained with blood, earthquakes shook the land, and the images of the gods fell from their places.

  • But as night fell and he sought rest in his lofty room, Gabriel appeared to him.

  • Night fell, and the contest was deferred until another day.

  • As night fell on a furious battle, the Moors were driven back, and Charlemagne pitched his tents without the city, opposite those of the Moors.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    amuse himself; animated nature; bread and; field officer; frontier life; great thickness; having returned; including fishing and forestry; infectious disease; larger size; later works; night after; night and; night attack; night before; night comes; night duty; night kiss; night like; night school; night time; night when; old soldier; the way; total defeat; turned out