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Example sentences for "toward evening"

  • Toward evening, by the aid of a sea breeze that rose as day declined, we got inside the harbor where we anchored on a coral bottom in fourteen fathoms water.

  • One day, toward evening, Pelle was sitting at home before the looking- glass, and shaving himself; he had cut off the whole of his fine big moustache and was now shaving off the last traces of it.

  • And then one day, toward evening, the master came tumbling into the workshop.

  • Toward evening he was roaming about the poor quarter of the city, rejoicing in the mood of the people; he had played such an important part in the bitter struggle of the poor that he felt the need to share their joy as well.

  • Toward evening stop at "Gurtler's," a short distance above the mission.

  • Toward evening expect to be in another village.

  • Toward evening a deputation of Greeks appeared under the leadership of Kalippos.

  • Toward evening, feeling continual pain in her joints and fear in her heart, which was worse than pain, she commanded to call a physician.

  • When, toward evening, it was necessary to call a military council, he summoned Mentezufis and Pentuer.

  • Toward evening a deputation of priests came, almost by stealth, to the palace of his holiness; the revered prophets fell at his feet, weeping, crying out to him to defend the gods and their sanctuaries.

  • Yes, Lord, abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent!

  • And then we can rejoice even though it is toward evening.

  • ABIDE with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.

  • Toward evening, therefore, they set out in the beautiful summer night to travel through Zealand.

  • When, toward evening, the carriage for their return drew up before the door, Otto still stood contemplating some old inscriptions which were built into the tower-wall.

  • The same day, toward evening, we again seek Otto.

  • At length, toward evening, my husband came; and from that moment my affliction was much soothed, and I breathed thanks to God.

  • Toward evening, the Majors again took us aboard and dropped down to the town three miles below the Fort.

  • Toward evening we arrived at the beautiful city of Hannibal, and were quartered in two large railroad freight houses, the gravel floors of which constituted our hard beds.

  • Toward evening, our good friend, General Hurlbut, always ready to give us good news when it came, but never particular about publishing any that was bad, sent an orderly to read to us a dispatch that Farragut had captured New Orleans.

  • Toward evening of the twenty-first of June, the news of the queen's sudden illness spread throughout the castle.

  • The short wintry day gradually drew toward evening, and the drawbridge was still up and the gate remained closed.

  • Toward evening, the abbot took pity on my tears and even made me a present of some beads.

  • Toward evening she no longer dared to lie down on the sea, because now it filled up all of a sudden with large ice-cakes, which struck against each other, and she feared they should be crushed between these.

  • Toward evening of the 12th, Hurlbut's column passed through Decatur, with orders to go into camp four miles beyond at a creek.

  • Toward evening, coming to a woody island, he encamped and ate the fish he had speared, and they proved to be as comforting to the stomach as they were pleasing to the eye.

  • Toward evening as he crossed a prairie, Maidwa heard groans from a distant lodge, which were only interrupted by a voice from a person whom he could not see, calling to him aloud: "Come in!

  • Toward evening, as he was entering a narrow passage between the buttes, he felt as though he was leaking again and landed on a bar to investigate.

  • Toward evening a ranch was sighted and they landed to test the hospitality of its proprietor, who proved to be a squaw man, the name applied to white men who marry Indian women.

  • Toward evening, with parched throats and weary bodies they reached an oasis in the shape of a poor village.

  • Toward evening, utterly tired out, he began looking for a camping place.

  • Toward evening we returned to the house of my friend's relative.

  • Toward evening I paid my last visit to the Acropolis.

  • Toward evening we were entering the Sea of Marmora, the ancient Propontis, like one of our small lakes, and I again went to sleep lulled by the music of a high-pressure engine.

  • Toward evening we returned to the harbour.

  • Justice shall be born to-morrow, toward evening, when the Duke mounts the steps of the throne.

  • Toward evening we came upon a hag gathering sticks, and questioned her whether she had seen or heard aught.

  • Ay; saddle and all; and next day, toward evening, came trotting home again.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "toward evening" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    bursting shells; celestial body; common form; common sailor; dramatic literature; fair average; four quarts; marched through; older children; preserve order; promote economic; recent introduction; room furniture; stellar evolution; tertiary formations; that date; thin piece; toward evening; toward midnight; toward the; towards heaven; towards morning; towards the; towards them; while many; white field