Sentence examples for dark evenings from inspiring English sources

It is a very common error to imagine that no birds except owls, nightjars, and nightingales call or sing at night; when the excitement of the nuptial season is at its height ordinary song birds will burst forth even on dark evenings, and some birds, such as the corncrake and lapwing, appear to need very little rest.

The weather has been cold, the snow deep, the long, dark evenings perfect for holing up with a book.

The wooden interior, muddy-brown brickwork and vast ceilings are perfect consolation for dark evenings, and despite the thrusting clientele, convey a quiet nobility.

And call it habit, but on these long, dark evenings, I feel the urge to hit the clicker just to get the Yankees and Mets scores.

Push-cart vendors used to wander the streets on dark evenings, calling out "BOHHH-zaaaaaah" to residents who then rushed out into the chill to buy a pitcherful.

With the dark evenings and chilly weather setting in, it can be difficult to muster the motivation to get out for a run.

As daylight saving time ends, the UK will switch from British summer time (BST) to Greenwich mean time (GMT), heralding the start of lighter mornings but darker evenings.

I imagine quite a few people would be unhappy with this kind of daylight schedule, which would leave us with much darker evenings for most of the year.

Finally, the letter urges the government to rule out holding "a major election in the winter again," where darker evenings are thought to put voters off going to the polling station.

Once a day and sometimes also in the not-yet-dark evenings, we would find a just-made beach, covered with a tapestry of tide pools that served as perfect, child-sized animal viewing stations.

Summer eventually gave over into crisper days and darker evenings, and I slowly felt more like my normal self.