EVENING in a Sentence

Learn EVENING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
359 example sentences for EVENING, such as:
1. I usually bath the kids in the evening.
2. Avoid strenuous exercise in the evening.
3. The evening menu offers a wide choice of dishes.
4. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
5. I telephoned him that I would visit him this evening.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of EVENING
evening
 n.  a later concluding time period
 n.  the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  That very evening I moved my things round from the hotel, and on the following morning Sherlock Holmes followed me with several boxes and portmanteaus.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Leaning back in his arm-chair of an evening, he would close his eyes and scrape carelessly at the fiddle which was thrown across his knee.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3  The old crone drew out an evening paper, and pointed at our advertisement.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
4  They had been seen together at Euston Station about half-past eight on the evening of the third.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
5  I spent the whole of yesterday evening in making enquiries entirely without avail.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
6  His iron constitution enabled him to work morning and evening at improving and tilling his lands.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
7  It was a summer evening when he came galloping down the road and pulled up at the gate.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
8  He was sitting alone one evening pondering deeply over his troubles, and searching vainly for some way out of them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
9  During the whole of that day they struggled on through the defiles, and by evening they calculated that they were more than thirty miles from their enemies.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
10  With this trophy over his shoulder, he hastened to retrace his steps, for the evening was already drawing in.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
11  That evening Jefferson Hope was taken into custody, and not being able to find sureties, was detained for some weeks.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
12  At last, one evening I was driving up and down Torquay Terrace, as the street was called in which they boarded, when I saw a cab drive up to their door.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
13  It was claimed that same evening, and returned; but in the interval I had taken a moulding of it, and had a duplicate constructed.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
14  "Gregson and Lestrade will be wild about his death," Holmes remarked, as we chatted it over next evening.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
15  When Mr. Jones got back he immediately went to sleep on the drawing-room sofa with the News of the World over his face, so that when evening came, the animals were still unfed.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
Example Sentence: (149 in 10 pages)
1  My little daughter has already smartened up for the evening party.
2  The article appeared in the evening edition of 'The Mercury'.
3  She is going to play the piano to a big audience this evening.
4  Avoid strenuous exercise in the evening.
5  You'll find her in the bar most every evening about six o'clock.
6  Tonight has any showers dying away to leave a dry evening with some clear periods.
7  I spent the evening sprawled on the sofa, watching TV.
8  An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
9  I usually bath the kids in the evening.
10  I telephoned him that I would visit him this evening.
11  People had to wear formal evening dress to go to the Mayor's party.
12  I work in a restaurant and only get one evening off a week.
13  I don't mind whether we eat now or this evening, it's all the same to me.
14  The evening menu offers a wide choice of dishes.
15  She studied every evening and reaped the benefit at exam time.