eventide
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of eventide
before 950; Middle English; Old English ǣfentīd. See even 2, tide 2
Example Sentences
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She sang along: “Abide with me, fast falls the eventide … the darkness deepens, Lord with me abide.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2020
The opening of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s ¨Paul Clifford,¨ as told by Peter Mark Roget It was a crepuscular and tempestuous eventide .
From Washington Post • May 16, 2019
Nice soft feathers for quiet flying, a predilection for the eventide and dope night vision.
From Newsweek
Said he: "I have returned as a private person and I am glad to be able to spend the eventide of my life in the Fatherland."
From Time Magazine Archive
The reek within the Great Hall was palpable by eventide.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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