Used in a Sentence

evenings

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for evenings.

Editorial note

The best part of his teachings was probably sitting around in the commons area during the evenings and solving problems with him.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(informal, somewhat dated) In the evening, during the evening.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of evenings gathered in one view.

adverb

(informal, somewhat dated) In the evening, during the evening.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for evenings.

adverb

(informal, somewhat dated) In the evening, during the evening.

Example sentences

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The best part of his teachings was probably sitting around in the commons area during the evenings and solving problems with him.

2

If you can, you may work on your project in the evenings and week-ends.

3

You can actively employ as many netsec hobbyists that spend their evenings hunting vulnerabilities, reading research and messing with security software as you want.

4

Sure, his lectures were amazing, but the evenings were even better.

5

After the interviews each day, in the evenings, go to meetups.

6

I felt like I got a slight time gain on the evenings, but nothing serious.

7

Maybe try freelancing in the evenings to scrape together more money.

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And enjoy parties and drinks on the side in the evenings.

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For example, I'll be closing one first thing tomorrow and deploying it out (don't like deploying in the evenings - its bad luck).

10

I'd love to spend my evenings getting more proficient with modern tech, but instead I find myself reading about anthropology or the like.

11

If I have none, I just go without, it's annoying (as I like to smoke in the evenings) but its not a problem.

12

This is despite not really eating in the evenings.

Quote examples

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And what's truly strange is how he seems to think that those types of people don't "eat and breathe code", when the prevailing sentiment on HN is that these 'rockstars' have poor work-life balance and don't do anything except code on evenings/weekends.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use evenings in a sentence?

The best part of his teachings was probably sitting around in the commons area during the evenings and solving problems with him.

What does evenings mean?

(informal, somewhat dated) In the evening, during the evening.

What part of speech is evenings?

evenings is commonly used as adverb.