Tuesday word: Evenfall

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Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025

Evenfall (noun)
evenfall [ee-vuhn-fawl]

noun
1. the beginning of evening; even; evening; twilight; dusk.

Origin: First recorded in 1805–15; even + fall

Example Sentences
Each evenfall as the khalasar set out, she would choose a dragon to ride upon her shoulder.
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"We can be at the mountain by evenfall," Uncle Brynden said, "but the climb will take another day."
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The song of moonlight all That trembles as aspens shake, The thrush sang it at the evenfall To the listening swan on the blue lake.
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Only the curlew's mournful call, Circling the sky at evenfall, And loon lamenting over all.
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The cactus and the aloe bloom Beneath the window of your room; Your window where, at evenfall, Beneath the twilight's first pale star, You linger, tall and spiritual, And hearken my guitar.
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