Living on a planet in such a system, nightfall could be a rare event.
In "A Village After Dark", a short story Kazuo Ishiguro published in the New Yorker in 2001, a man comes to a village at nightfall, a place where he "had lived and come to exercise such influence".
"Turn this #Merkelsommer into a Merkel nightfall," urged one of the many posts calling for her to resign.
As a result, nightfall could be easily simulated by switching it to zero, assuming saturating light.
But to run the newest raid, King's Fall, requires a light level of 290, only achievable so far through lucky drops or the once-a-week special "nightfall" strikes.
The farmer led them to his son-in-law, Col. John J. Hughes, who provided the fugitives with food and a hideout until nightfall, for a second attempt to row across the river to Virginia.
— RUSS BUETTNER Around 7 p.m. the torch at the top of the Statue of Liberty, which shone all through thick daytime fog, driving rain and an early nightfall, went black.
In Fox's view, the album "sounds like a reasonably conventional pop record that's been dragged backwards through a forest after nightfall", while I likened it to "a cross between a confessional and a declaration of independence".
All senators had to speak before a vote could be held, and since all meetings had to end by nightfall, a senator could talk a proposal to death (a filibuster or diem consumere) if they could keep the debate going until nightfall.
Tournament officials are hopeful — but not overly optimistic — they will be able to crown a champion by nightfall and avoid a Monday finish.
