nightfall
/ˈnaɪt.fɔl/ noun B2- The close of the day; the coming of night. · at nightfall
- Nocturnal emission.
Plural nightfalls
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Her imagination had run away with her and she held the spruce grove in mortal dread after nightfall.
Early on the following morning he commenced the removal of his riches, and ere nightfall the whole of his immense wealth was safely deposited in the compartments of the secret locker.
It was nightfall before Inspector MacDonald and White Mason came back from their expedition, and they arrived exultant, reporting a great advance in our investigation.
At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood.
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