Sentence examples for about nightfall from inspiring English sources

The slaves climbed aboard the Ceres about nightfall on July 22, destined for a point about a dozen miles downriver.

I was thinking about nightfall, and finding the path down, and the two-hour drive along the sea cliffs to the hotel.

Jiyus was eventually captured by the 105th Mahratta Light Infantry and two companies from the 93rd Burma Infantry about nightfall, when two German officers and 18 other prisoners were captured.

250 of Task Force Smith's force had returned to the American lines before nightfall, with about 150 more of the force killed, wounded or missing.

There's a ritual at nightfall, at about 7 p.m., that can transform you, illustrious stranger to Venice, into a worthy habitué of the city on the lagoon.

By nightfall, about 60 people had come to emergency shelters in Scituate, Hull, Quincy, Rockport and Salisbury, along the coast, and Whitman, farther inland.

As the vigil got underway after nightfall, about 20 masked people waving banners calling for Hong Kong's independence were refused entry into the venue by organizers.

By nightfall, about 90% of the grove along a wash near Elkins Avenue, east of Highland Oaks Drive, had been cleared.

By nightfall, about 25 people at the scene stood in a circle, holding hands with their heads bowed and saying a prayer.

So, making use of some Turkish prisoners, who had been caught at twilight when they were wandering about imprudently, at nightfall Vlad penetrated into the Turkish camp with part of his troops, all the way up the fortifications.

Another confrontation came about 6 50 p.m., still well before nightfall, when a police car with lights blazing was bombarded by bottles and clothes as it passed.