shadows get longer
Frequency: 7.818.2 per million words
describes shadows increasing in length, usually as evening approaches
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Examples (10)
- As the shadows got longer, the men drifted home.
- We knew evening was coming when the tree shadows began to get longer.
- The children played in the park until their shadows got longer and the air grew cool.
- With each passing minute, the mountain's shadows seemed to get longer, stretching across the valley.
- In the late afternoon, the building's shadows get longer and swallow up the street.
- The artist captured the moment just as the shadows started to get longer on the canvas.
- You can tell it's almost sunset when the shadows get longer and everything takes on a golden hue.
- By five o'clock, the stadium's shadows had gotten longer, covering half the field.
- Watch how the shadows get longer as the sun dips below the horizon.
- The old clock tower's shadows would get longer and longer as the day wore on.