Sundown
noun
The time in the evening when the sun goes down below the horizon.
We should start the campfire shortly before sundown.
Often appears as...
- before sundown
- after sundown
noun
It is a period of declining fortunes or power.
After many successful years, the company is now approaching sundown.
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Idiomatic
noun
The time in the evening when the sun goes down below the horizon.
We should start the campfire shortly before sundown.
Often appears as...
- before sundown
- after sundown
noun
It is a period of declining fortunes or power.
After many successful years, the company is now approaching sundown.
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Evening Imagery
Sundown evokes images of the evening, often used in descriptions to create a mood or setting.
The garden was breathtaking at sundown, bathed in the warm glow.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Awareness
Use sundown to signify a deadline by the end of the day, indicating urgency or completion.
He wanted the report finished by sundown.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Sundown is often mentioned in stories and films to introduce the end of a day or an era.
The cowboy rode off into the sundown, marking the end of his journey.
Pro Tip 1/3Evening Imagery
Sundown evokes images of the evening, often used in descriptions to create a mood or setting.
The garden was breathtaking at sundown, bathed in the warm glow.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Awareness
Use sundown to signify a deadline by the end of the day, indicating urgency or completion.
He wanted the report finished by sundown.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Sundown is often mentioned in stories and films to introduce the end of a day or an era.
The cowboy rode off into the sundown, marking the end of his journey.
Pro Tip 1/3Evening Imagery
Sundown evokes images of the evening, often used in descriptions to create a mood or setting.
The garden was breathtaking at sundown, bathed in the warm glow.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Awareness
Use sundown to signify a deadline by the end of the day, indicating urgency or completion.
He wanted the report finished by sundown.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural References
Sundown is often mentioned in stories and films to introduce the end of a day or an era.
The cowboy rode off into the sundown, marking the end of his journey.
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Give yourself permission...
and the sky was like rippling with purple and pink and white, and it's the most beautiful thing I ever saw. It really looked like the sky was playing. Beautiful. You go to Grand Canyon at sundown. It's beautiful. We know that's beautiful. But fall in love? Your lover's pretty beautiful.
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Mapping the Green Book PIPE...
and he said it's hanging in the back officer so there were props there were ruses tools that you had to use to stay safe and stay alive and the green book was just simply another one of those tools i'm creating an interactive map that shows not only green book sites but sundown towns
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Can you solve the...
have been showing up all over the city for the past week. All of Digitopolis is on lockdown from sundown to sunrise, and it’s still not enough to stop what can only be described as a vampiric feeding frenzy. The police are helpless, and have turned to you.
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A day in the life of an...
But when he arrives onsite he finds five epistatai, or city officials, waiting to confront him. They accuse Pheidias of embezzling gold designated for the temple’s sacred central statue. He has until sundown to provide all the temple’s expenses
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Could you survive the...
You're traveling deep beneath the ocean's surface, where faint lights flicker and toothy grins flash. You are now entering... the Twilight Zone. Your mission is to survive these depths and journey to the surface after sundown to feed.
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
he said they used moving arts he's gonna have sundown as I think and you didn't think we're gonna have much lecture and said he was gonna go and check central on his way out just in case I think what's happened is he's come through
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Tiger Sharks vs. Turtles...
through turtle shell as the Sharks thrash their bodies from side to side but why are loggerheads their primary victims at sundown the camera from one of the loggerheads is released and is ready for pickup
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This Taxi Driver Has an...
in church this sometimes time nobody can do that that's not what the world what they say yeah they say we used to have sat down one sundown now we have 40 Sodra tweeny just peace in that country
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Time Debt PIPE Linda...
ever think to drink a love much less a pot of black tea after sundown the other night my fiance and I were snuggled up watching a movie and the thought of working late to make up for lost time
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Night Flowering & Tiny...
an hour after sundown the provision flower broadcasts an aromatic advertisement to pollinators
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Give yourself permission...
and the sky was like rippling with purple and pink and white, and it's the most beautiful thing I ever saw. It really looked like the sky was playing. Beautiful. You go to Grand Canyon at sundown. It's beautiful. We know that's beautiful. But fall in love? Your lover's pretty beautiful.
Video examples
Mapping the Green Book PIPE...
and he said it's hanging in the back officer so there were props there were ruses tools that you had to use to stay safe and stay alive and the green book was just simply another one of those tools i'm creating an interactive map that shows not only green book sites but sundown towns
Video examples
Can you solve the...
have been showing up all over the city for the past week. All of Digitopolis is on lockdown from sundown to sunrise, and it’s still not enough to stop what can only be described as a vampiric feeding frenzy. The police are helpless, and have turned to you.
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
But when he arrives onsite he finds five epistatai, or city officials, waiting to confront him. They accuse Pheidias of embezzling gold designated for the temple’s sacred central statue. He has until sundown to provide all the temple’s expenses
Video examples
Could you survive the...
You're traveling deep beneath the ocean's surface, where faint lights flicker and toothy grins flash. You are now entering... the Twilight Zone. Your mission is to survive these depths and journey to the surface after sundown to feed.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
he said they used moving arts he's gonna have sundown as I think and you didn't think we're gonna have much lecture and said he was gonna go and check central on his way out just in case I think what's happened is he's come through
Video examples
Tiger Sharks vs. Turtles...
through turtle shell as the Sharks thrash their bodies from side to side but why are loggerheads their primary victims at sundown the camera from one of the loggerheads is released and is ready for pickup
Video examples
This Taxi Driver Has an...
in church this sometimes time nobody can do that that's not what the world what they say yeah they say we used to have sat down one sundown now we have 40 Sodra tweeny just peace in that country
Video examples
Time Debt PIPE Linda...
ever think to drink a love much less a pot of black tea after sundown the other night my fiance and I were snuggled up watching a movie and the thought of working late to make up for lost time
Video examples
Night Flowering & Tiny...
an hour after sundown the provision flower broadcasts an aromatic advertisement to pollinators
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Misha Green
American Writer
When I read Matt Ruff's book, that was my first encounter with learning about sundown towns, and I was like 'What?' Like, you can't make this up. If I wrote this horror movie talking about sundown towns where you can't be black after dark in America, people be like, 'OK, we get the metaphor,' and it's like, no, that's real. It's not a metaphor.
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Dolores Huerta
American Activist
The conditions were terrible. The farmworkers were only earning about 70 cents an hour at that time - 90 cents was the highest wage that they were earning. They didn't have toilets in the fields; they didn't have cold drinking water. They didn't have rest periods. People worked from sunup to sundown. It was really atrocious.
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Cherie Lunghi
English Actress
I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm in. I can also be a beach bum - I like to laze in the shade of a palm tree with a good book or float in a warm sea at sundown.
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James Mooney
American Scientist
The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours.
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Cam Newton
American Athlete
In college, you had to worry about that math class or this exam that's coming up on Tuesday, but not in the professionals. You eat, sleep, and do everything related to your craft - and your craft is football. You can be at it from sunup to sundown.
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Charles Frazier
American Novelist
The Sixties were different in an isolated place. We got two television channels if the wind was blowing in the right direction. The radio stations went off at sundown. Then you picked up Chicago and heard the teenage music you really yearned for.
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Steve Erickson
American Novelist
I rode the buses in L.A. until I was in my early 30s, and there's something about driving or riding through L.A. after sundown, when the Utopian city goes into hiding and another city comes out, more Doors and less Byrds.
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Jill Soloway
American Comedian
I'm a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, say the blessing, and I don't turn on my computer for 24 hours.
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Laurie Graham
English Journalist
Sundown is often the worst time of day for people with dementia. They can become restless and difficult.
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Dick Dale
American Musician
The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown.
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Misha Green
American Writer
When I read Matt Ruff's book, that was my first encounter with learning about sundown towns, and I was like 'What?' Like, you can't make this up. If I wrote this horror movie talking about sundown towns where you can't be black after dark in America, people be like, 'OK, we get the metaphor,' and it's like, no, that's real. It's not a metaphor.
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Dolores Huerta
American Activist
The conditions were terrible. The farmworkers were only earning about 70 cents an hour at that time - 90 cents was the highest wage that they were earning. They didn't have toilets in the fields; they didn't have cold drinking water. They didn't have rest periods. People worked from sunup to sundown. It was really atrocious.
Quote examples
Cherie Lunghi
English Actress
I enjoy art, architecture, museums, churches and temples; anything that gives me insight into the history and soul of the place I'm in. I can also be a beach bum - I like to laze in the shade of a palm tree with a good book or float in a warm sea at sundown.
Quote examples
James Mooney
American Scientist
The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours.
Quote examples
Cam Newton
American Athlete
In college, you had to worry about that math class or this exam that's coming up on Tuesday, but not in the professionals. You eat, sleep, and do everything related to your craft - and your craft is football. You can be at it from sunup to sundown.
Quote examples
Charles Frazier
American Novelist
The Sixties were different in an isolated place. We got two television channels if the wind was blowing in the right direction. The radio stations went off at sundown. Then you picked up Chicago and heard the teenage music you really yearned for.
Quote examples
Steve Erickson
American Novelist
I rode the buses in L.A. until I was in my early 30s, and there's something about driving or riding through L.A. after sundown, when the Utopian city goes into hiding and another city comes out, more Doors and less Byrds.
Quote examples
Jill Soloway
American Comedian
I'm a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, say the blessing, and I don't turn on my computer for 24 hours.
Quote examples
Laurie Graham
English Journalist
Sundown is often the worst time of day for people with dementia. They can become restless and difficult.
Quote examples
Dick Dale
American Musician
The kids called me King of the Surf Guitar. I surfed sunup to sundown.
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