Eve means The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like evening or period.
Eve in a sentence
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Eve meaning
- The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
- Evening, night.
- The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
Example sentences (20)
ABC, CBS, and CNN are the notable networks hosting New Year’s Eve specials where you can watch the ball drop on TV.
And on the eve of a new Premiership season, that’s the question mark hanging over Rangers gaffer and his players.
Africa was on the eve of social, religious and financial disaster and famine — nonetheless happening right now.
A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Tristan Sherry at a Dublin restaurant on Christmas Eve.
Adani Electricity Mumbai recently hosted its first-ever Tech Fest on the eve of National Technology Day 2023.
An SUV created major damage in a Cary shopping center when it crashed through a building on the afternoon of Christmas Eve.
A Czech television crew covering the summit were held up at gunpoint on the eve of the summit, and robbed of their equipment.
And lastly, they disappear on Christmas Eve to give a “full report” to Santa on the children’s behaviour.
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Tristan Sherry in a restaurant in the Republic of Ireland on Christmas Eve.
And their endeavours will be seen in a NEW ITV special to be aired on Christmas Eve on the channel.
A Jewish Georgia legislator named Esther helped pass a law on antisemitism on the eve of Purim.
A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Elle Edwards, who was shot dead at a pub on Christmas Eve, Merseyside Police said.
Also competing on the day were James Garwell, James Eve, Eve McInerney, Lucy McInerney, Luky Frary and Graham Freear.
After all, Christmas Eve is well underway, so you may be in need of a holiday movie to binge.
Eve Eve is the second human created by God, taken from one of Adam's ribs and shaped into a female form of Adam.
Accompanying many a New Year’s Eve toast to the end of another seemingly endless year will be the subtle tinkling of the ice in the glass.
DNC Eve in Milwaukee A look ahead to the week of the DNC in Milwaukee on the Eve of it all kicking off Monday.
Margo quips that Eve should place her award "where her heart should be", and Eve is shown bereft at the end of the film.
More recently the New Year's Eve show has been an Annual New Year's Eve Hatter's Ball featuring a hat contest.
The themes of "The Eve of St. Agnes" and "The Eve of St Mark" may well have been suggested by her, the lyric Hush, Hush!
Phrases with eve
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with eve
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- year eve 52×
- christmas eve 48×
- eve of 30×
- year's eve 29×
- the eve 28×
- eve and 15×
- eve in 11×
- and eve 10×
- eve eve 8×
- eve the 6×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word eve. 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.