"afternoon" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The afternoon had darkened and she had no doubt that outside the big car's comfortable warmth it was very cold.
- The afternoon darkens, and lightning begins to jump from one cloud to another like the ball the team kicks around before the game.
- It was still only four o'clock, yet already the afternoon had darkened into early dusk.
- As the afternoon darkened, the younger children shivered with cold.
- After lunch, as the short afternoon darkens, go out and mingle with the holiday crowds.
- It was nearly six o'clock and the cloudy afternoon had darkened into dusk.
- The air smelt keener, the afternoons were darkening fast.
- He lit a lamp-the afternoon was darkening, or perhaps clouding over now-and they looked at each other.
- As the afternoon darkened, she did not turn on lights, allowing the dusk to creep over the room.
- Already now the sky was a heavier grey than it had been, as the afternoon darkened towards evening and the clouds thickened for rain.
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