How do you use the word "evening" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "evening": Evening dress is desired. I usually take a shower in the evening.

Evening Meaning

/ˈiːv.nɪŋ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe time of day between afternoon and night.

nounThe time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

Sentence Examples

Evening dress is desired.

I usually take a shower in the evening.

Remember to call me this evening.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

even level eve

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

We plan to watch the sunset from the hill this ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The cool ____ breeze was a welcome relief after the oppressive heat of the afternoon.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ Old English ǣfen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *-ōjan Old English -ian Old English ǣfnian Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Old English ǣfnung Middle English evening English evening From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal." — 2013 July–August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:

"At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass." — 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

"That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired." — 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

"The latter [locomotive] had worked on the Hampton Court branch for many years, and was spending the evening of its life in the West Country." — 1950 January, “Notes and News: The North Cornwall Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 62:

"A few Gorllewin Cymru/West Wales Branch members attended an evening at the Dragon Hotel, Swansea, titled Photographic Techniques in Industry." — 1980, Management Services, page 50:

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