midafternoon
IPA: mˈɪdæftɝnun
noun
- The middle of the afternoon, normally between 2 and 4 pm.
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Examples of "midafternoon" in Sentences
- In midafternoon a large flight of kamikazes flew over.
- Another little thing that struck me was the word midafternoon.
- So in midafternoon, with time running out, he got serious about it.
- But they then recovered, only to move lower once again by midafternoon.
- Finally at midafternoon, a third strike sent the veteran oiler to the bottom.
- Jack's friend, Dr.J. W. Shiels arrived at noon, and Dr. Porter in midafternoon.
- Even so, in midafternoon, the wind backed around to the south and theseas flattened a bit.
- I fell asleep in midafternoon, only to be awakened by friends from my ship to hold a meeting.
- A hotel clerk offered a visiting reporter a wake-up call midafternoon, "just in case you need a nap before your stakeout begins."
- In fact, shoulder period, which we call the midafternoon and the late night, are up more than twice the percentage of our comp store gains for the entire system.
- "Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in, boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the ground, the city lights reflected against the clouds."
- Some buying emerged in midafternoon as Tokyo stocks extended their losses and the Bank of Japan said in a nationwide assessment that three out of nine regions have downgraded their views on the local economies, backing the central bank 's view that the pace of Japan' s economic recovery is slowing.
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