How to Use afternoon in a Sentence
afternoon
noun
- She spent the afternoon at the library.
- It took us all afternoon to get there.
- It's going to be a long afternoon listening to lectures.
- I remember the many rainy afternoons I spent reading at the library.
- It was early afternoon when I left.
- I'll see you again tomorrow afternoon.
- She doesn't have class on Friday afternoons.
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In the 1,600, a strong breeze picked up in the middle of the afternoon.
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Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2024
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Mitchell played in the afternoon and birdied the last two holes to join him.
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Doug Ferguson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Feb. 2023
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There could be some winds up to 10 mph in the afternoon.
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Jane Morice | [email protected],
cleveland,
25 Aug. 2022
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The snow level will rise to about 2,000 feet in the afternoon.
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oregonlive,
21 Jan. 2023
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The snow level will rise to about 1,000 feet in the afternoon.
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oregonlive,
2 Dec. 2022
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Winds will pick up in the afternoon and gust between 35 and 45 mph.
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Gerry Díaz,
San Francisco Chronicle,
9 Mar. 2023
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One in the morning with food, and one in the afternoon, also with food.
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Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
26 Dec. 2022
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Late in the afternoon, Cameron had one last costume change to make, and the trailers were far away from the set.
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Laura Barcella,
Peoplemag,
1 June 2023
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Maybe a rumble in the afternoon as a brief surge of milder air comes in, and that’s when highs in the near 60 to mid-60s range happen.
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Ian Livingston,
Washington Post,
13 Oct. 2023
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Howell’s second triple of the afternoon came in the the sixth and also drove in two runs.
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Tom Green | [email protected],
al,
7 May 2023
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Start this process in the morning and allow the hot afternoon sun to dry your wood through.
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Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
22 July 2024
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There will be times of sun and clouds, breezy and very warm with a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
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Leah Olajide,
Detroit Free Press,
13 June 2024
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High above her was the blue sky, and a few hundred feet away the afternoon was peaceful.
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Akhil Sharma,
The New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2024
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Lee had a slight fever and a sore throat in the afternoon, the office said in a later statement.
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Kanis Leung,
ajc,
21 Nov. 2022
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In the afternoon, the wind whipped up, so strong that Cochran began taking videos of the flying leaves.
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Joanna Slater,
BostonGlobe.com,
12 Aug. 2023
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Even with the crowd roaring, Ohio State’s offense — which had been stymied for much of the afternoon — came to life.
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Billy Witz,
New York Times,
29 Oct. 2022
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As of Tuesday afternoon, there had been no arrests in the case.
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Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
8 Nov. 2023
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Portland will see rain mixed with snow at times through the afternoon.
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oregonlive,
27 Feb. 2023
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Low temperatures will be in the mid-50s and highs in the afternoon will top 70.
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Elise Hammond,
CNN,
5 Dec. 2022
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The uptick in winds were as advertised and peaked during the late afternoon in the mid to upper 20s, and gusts of around 40 mph.
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David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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Some scattered showers could start to pop up as the afternoon wears on.
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Jason Samenow,
Washington Post,
11 Mar. 2024
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On the first afternoon, new homeless friends and we, the pilgrims, sat together on the grass.
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Judy Knotts,
Austin American-Statesman,
27 Dec. 2024
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All those fears were erased Friday afternoon in what is usually a time for sports teams to dump their bad news in hopes that it gets lost in the weekend.
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Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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