How to Use late in the day in a Sentence

late in the day

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  • Highs should be near 50 late in the day and will rise through the first half of the evening.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Very warm ahead of a cold front that will pass late in the day.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Just keep an eye to the sky late in the day and especially the evening.
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • Skies begin to clear late in the day, and overnight lows plummet to the mid- to upper teens.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Showers and storms are a good bet late in the day, and a few could be strong or severe.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • Winds are mainly light and variable, starting to come from the south late in the day.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Maybe a shower or two late in the day as a front approaches from the west.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • This was late in the day, mere weeks before The Zone of Interest was set to screen at Cannes.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The wind died late in the day, and no one managed to make a move at Harman other than Young.
    — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2023
  • The par 3 played so long that some players late in the day were hitting driver.
    — Apress, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2024
  • Southeast breezes may kick up late in the day as a quick shower or storm chance moves through.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
  • Southeast breezes may kick up late in the day as a quick shower or storm chance moves through.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
  • The birdies were not coming easily to anybody late in the day.
    — Dallas News, 28 May 2022
  • Late, late in the day, the fog lifted as the sun headed for the horizon and afternoon gave way to evening.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The dew point will be in the mid to upper 60s early in the morning, then fall into the mid to upper 50s by late in the day.
    — Hartford Courant, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Rain could be rather widespread at times late in the day or heading into the evening, and some could be heavy.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Partly cloudy and warm with a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms late in the day.
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • His music is suffused with a sense of having arrived too late in the day.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Snow early Friday and into the evening will be light but could make some roads slippery late in the day.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Rain is expected to return to the area late in the day and switcho over to snow showers overnight as lows dip to around freezing.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2023
  • By late in the day, the bridge had reopened, the Village of Los Lunas announced on social media.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
  • Temperatures are expected to end up near the mid-40s for highs as winds blow from the northwest and skies try to clear a bit late in the day.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The call didn’t come until late in the day, about four hours before Prince was slated to perform before 8,300 fans.
    — Jon Webb, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Light winds from the north become increasingly gusty late in the day and into the night with the passage of an Arctic cold front.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Monday’s breezes have faded with mainly light winds from the northwest at around 5 to 10 mph, shifting to come from the southwest by late in the day.
    — Matt Rogers, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • Eating on the go and saving your biggest meal for late in the day has become commonplace.
    — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Didion made a fire—a habit from their years in California, where, late in the day, the coastal fog creeps landward—and then dinner.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Much of the evidence for synchrony effects comes from lab studies that test both larks and owls early in the morning and late in the day.
    — Cindi May, Discover Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Those ads began being censored late in the day Wednesday.
    — Karson Yiu, ABC News, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Meteorologists from the office are forecasting between two to five inches of snow and the highest chance to come late in the day on Thursday and into the night.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024

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