Evening

Evening

Evening in its primary meaning is the period of the day between afternoon and night. Though the term is subjective, evening is typically understood to begin just before dusk, when temperatures begin to fall, and last until just after nightfall, when complete darkness has been reached.

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Famous quotes containing the word evening:

    “Much we buy each market day,
    More still obtain:
    All, all is carried home
    By slow evening train.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “A Dominie in Gray—
    Put gently up the evening Bars—
    And led the flock away—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “At the violet hour, the evening hour that strives
    Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea,
    The typist home at teatime, clears her breakfast, lights
    Her stove, and lays out food in tins.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)