Explore Afternoons through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Afternoons meaning
plural of afternoon
Using Afternoons
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of afternoon
- In the example corpus, afternoons often appears in combinations such as: the afternoons, sunday afternoons, afternoons and.
Context around Afternoons
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Afternoons
- In this selection, "afternoons" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sunday, saturday, friday, off, sailing and enjoying stand out and add context to how "afternoons" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and saturday afternoons on air and coach friday afternoons off and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "afternoons" sits close to words such as aleksandr, anecdotes and annum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with afternoons
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Currently making our way to heysham for this afternoons sailing. (10 words)
On most afternoons, the sidewalks surrounding Fred Meyer are filled with people. (12 words)
As it is, Public League games are played anytime from Thursday afternoons to Saturday nights. (15 words)
Access to a life coach, Friday afternoons off and being allowed to bring a dog to work also make it in the priorities list for young employees, the survey of 2,000 working Brits aged 18 - 29 showed. (38 words)
I think it really comes through to show on Sunday afternoons when we're able to have things cross over those old boundaries to give us some good mixes for FOX and CBS on Sundays. (35 words)
Arielle, who covers Friday and Saturday afternoons on air, made some unwelcome comments to her colleague during the live set from Ibiza Rocks hotel as she was heard 'slurring' and 'stumbling' over her words. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Access to a life coach, Friday afternoons off and being allowed to bring a dog to work also make it in the priorities list for young employees, the survey of 2,000 working Brits aged 18 - 29 showed.
And in the afternoons, when I pick her up from aftercare, we have to remember Browny or Buddy or whoever went to school with her that day.
And viewers of the BBC’s Planet Earth III, which continues on Sunday afternoons, have been marvelling at Sir David’s sprightly appearance.
Arielle, who covers Friday and Saturday afternoons on air, made some unwelcome comments to her colleague during the live set from Ibiza Rocks hotel as she was heard 'slurring' and 'stumbling' over her words.
As it is, Public League games are played anytime from Thursday afternoons to Saturday nights.
Churches faced a near impossible task of blacking out their windows, so moved their evening services to the afternoons.
Currently making our way to heysham for this afternoons sailing.
During these afternoons the Ayrshire Urgent Care Service will provide urgent care and support to patients of practices which are closed.
Friends and family spent many afternoons enjoying their pool once the water was warmer than 64 degrees.
I didn’t know him well, but we were familiar enough with one another that we ended up spending afternoons throwing around the football in the park.
I think it really comes through to show on Sunday afternoons when we're able to have things cross over those old boundaries to give us some good mixes for FOX and CBS on Sundays.
On more Sunday afternoons than not, you could find them with these friends and sometimes more at Clifford and Dorothy’s home where the game was 42.
On most afternoons, the sidewalks surrounding Fred Meyer are filled with people.
She especially loved bridge as well as the people who she played with and spent many afternoons entertaining this hobby.
She was famous for her homemade southern fried chicken and green beans, a staple after church on Sunday afternoons and numerous family gatherings.
Stephen said that with more people to operate the ferry, it could also open on Saturday afternoons in the summer.
Sunday afternoons were made for this, friends and neighbors mingling amid the tables and tents of Coral Bay’s first arts festival.
The camp store is also open in the afternoons for ice cream, soft drinks, snacks and souvenirs.
The driving instructor who took us out in the afternoons was a retired teacher from Yonkers.
The food share project operates on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings and on Tuesday afternoons at the back of Our Space in Trimpley Street, next to Churchmere Medical Practice.
Common combinations with afternoons
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the afternoons 26×
- sunday afternoons 26×
- afternoons and 23×
- saturday afternoons 19×
- afternoons in 10×
- friday afternoons 9×
- afternoons at 8×
- most afternoons 8×
- wednesday afternoons 7×
- afternoons when 6×