Afternoon means: The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. Related words include daytime or daylight. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Afternoon in practice.
Afternoon in a sentence
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Afternoon meaning
- The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
- The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
- A party or social event held in the afternoon.
Example sentences (20)
A chilly southerly breeze blew in a thick voggy blanket under gray overcast skies late Wednesday afternoon in Hilo.
A busy afternoon in memory of Scotland rugby hero Doddie Weir, and in support of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.
A collision east of Revelstoke shut down Hwy. 1 between Revelstoke and Golden, around 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
Academy announced this afternoon (June 13) that it had an evacuation had taken place upon being sent a message.
According to the research, afternoon types wake up with the highest levels of sleepiness out of all of the chronotypes.
Afternoon humidity will combine with westerly wind gusts of 30 mph, to create critical fire weather conditions.
About 41,000 electricity customers were without power in Tennessee Sunday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.
After arrest warrants were issued, Ogletree turned himself in to the Hendricks County Jail Friday afternoon at 3:42 p.m.
A cold front is bringing a chance for a light, isolated shower this morning before brighter skies develop this afternoon.
A fundraiser for the funeral of Brianna Ghey had amassed donations of almost £75,000 as of Tuesday afternoon.
A cold front will be moving this afternoon which will bring with it westerly winds and gusts up to 40 mph on the ridgetops.
A fourth witness said: “I saw a lot of blood and heard a man was stabbed in front of people in the middle of the afternoon.
A bat house should be west-facing to catch the warmth of the afternoon sun and mounted high, at least 3m-6m above the ground.
Afternoon traffic builds on Peña Boulevard towards Denver International Airport on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023.
After spiking then dipping in the early afternoon, markets rose again to finish the day by more than erasing Monday's losses.
A female corpse had been discovered on the Ma and Pa trail Sunday afternoon by a member of the public.
A Bartlesville man was seen in Washington County court Monday afternoon on the charge of malicious injury to property over $1000.
A crash involving a semi truck in south-central sent a Lewiston man to the hospital Monday afternoon.
A boy is in critical condition after he was struck by a vehicle while riding an electric scooter in Brampton on Wednesday afternoon.
A 45-year-old man is now dead after the truck in which he was travelling, toppled downhill along the Potaro Road on Monday afternoon.
Phrases with afternoon
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with afternoon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the afternoon 43×
- saturday afternoon 23×
- this afternoon 21×
- friday afternoon 21×
- sunday afternoon 20×
- afternoon and 18×
- monday afternoon 14×
- tuesday afternoon 13×
- afternoon in 13×
- thursday afternoon 12×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word afternoon. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.