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• On August 26, on the eve of the feast of St.2020 August 28, Michalis Kakias, “St. Fanourios Celebrated in Elizabeth, NJ”, in The National Herald, New York, N.Y., archived from the…. From the entry fanouropita
• The Anastenarides gather at the konaki early on the eve of May 21.2016, Peter Loizos, Evthmios Papataxiarchis, Contested Identities: Gender and Kinship in Modern Greece, →ISBN, page 99. From the entry konaki
• Eve: You learn to appreciate the light by living in the dark.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2. From the entry appreciate
• Recalling his anxiety as an unblooded lieutenant on the eve of the Mexican War, Ulysses S.2009 October 11, Elizabeth D. Samet, “Marine Dreams”, in New York Times. From the entry unblooded
• The Festival of Imbolc commences on February eve, or January 31, and usually concludes on February 2.2007, Judy Ann Nock, “Season Three: Imbolc: First Light in the Dark of Winter”, in The Provenance Press Guide to the Wiccan Year: Spells…. From the entry Imbolc
• Some of these were the celebrating of Bels Nichol or Kris Kringel on the eve of St.1977, Norbert Krapf, editor, Finding the Grain: Pioneer Journals, Franconian Folktales, Ancestral Poems, Jasper, Ind.: Dubois County…. From the entry Kris Kringle
• Trump and endorsed him on the election’s eve.2024 November 8, Cameron Joseph, “Democrats begin soul-searching – and finger-pointing – after devastating loss”, in The Christian Science…. From the entry heterodox
• On the eve of the riot at the U.S.2021 January 26, Tess Owen, “Roger Stone Used Oath Keepers as Security on the Eve of the Capitol Riot”, in VICE, archived from the…. From the entry girlpop
• "My celebration begins after 11pm on the eve of CNY.2017 January 28, Rachel Loi, quoting Yong Bing Ngen, “Simple Fare”, in The Business Times, Singapore, →OCLC, archived from the original on…. From the entry tapao
• First, the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei expressed its opposition on the eve of Ma’s trip.2016 February 7, Chih-yu (石之瑜) Shih, “Ma dirties waters in the South China Sea”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original…. From the entry Hsisha
• I am retiring to my chambers for the eve.2014 December 16, King Thrór (@Actual_Thror), Twitter. From the entry dwarrowdam
• Eve came and tea’d with ragdolls, her children.1992, Edward Power, “Adam & Eve”, in Patrick Cotter, editor, The Cloverdale Anthology of Irish Poetry 1992, Cork: The Three Spires Press…. From the entry ragdoll
• Thoughful, affectionate, nurselike, romantic eve, music art and much more.1986 April 12, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 17. From the entry nurselike
• Sargent outlines the unusual leadership change which took place in Heilungkiang on the eve of the Cultural Revolution.1971, The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces, Harvard University Press, page 4. From the entry Heilungkiang
• Dash along and drink your fill, my unhappy young stag at eve.” “I'm feeling rather like a restorative, too,” said Bobbie.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry restorative
• Acquired in the summer of '43, it wasn't occupied by the slans till the eve of the Michiconference.1944, John Bristol Speer, “sfn - Sydcon”, in Fancyclopedia. From the entry slanshack
• "We was to have a leetle celebration Thanksgiving eve." And he added somewhat anxiously: "You ain't forgot about that, Bill?1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate. From the entry leetle
• His eves appeared to be clear, and he knew what he wanted to do--but apparently couldn't do it.1919 December 9, Louis H. Jaffe, “Murphy Put Away by Blow on Break”, in Evening Public Ledger, volume VI, number 74, Philadelphia, Pa.…. From the entry sucker punch
• On the eve of the death of any other Tanville-Tankerton, comes (no matter what be the time of year) a cuckoo.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company…. From the entry cuckoo
• On the eve of the twentieth century, Veniamin Semënov-Tian’-Shanskii, Pëtr’s son, popularized the idea of dividing the Russian Empire into agricultural and industrial raiony.2025, Stephan Rindlisbacher, “Gosplan: How to Achieve Spatial Homogeneity”, in Borders in Red: Managing Diversity in the Early Soviet…. From the entry raion
• On the eve of the Spring Festival, she returned to her hometown in Gong'an County from Wuhan to celebrate the New Year.2020 September 28, “She returned to work by riding alone for 300 kilometers to fight the epidemic. Her story once again hit the tears...”…. From the entry Banzhudang
• On the eve of the wedding of Hekht's protagonist, Isaac Seltz, war breaks out, his future father-in-law dies, and an epidemic begins.2008, Zsuzsa Hetényi, In a Maelstrom: The History of Russian-Jewish Prose (1860-1940). From the entry black wedding
• Eve thought her church should fly a pride flag, the rainbow flag that has been a symbol of gay pride for decades.2008, Sarah Sentilles, A Church of Her Own: What Happens When a Woman Takes the Pulpit, page 203. From the entry pride flag
• “We just didn't have time to address the threat to Israel,” explained Brigitte Erler on the eve of a large peace demonstration in Bonn.2004, Henryk Boder, translated by Broder Translators' Collective, edited by Sander L. Gilman and Lilian M. Friedberg, A Jew in the New…. From the entry bagatelle
• He'd refused to say anything more, because he didn't want to distract her with his problems on the eve of the Quals.2000, Stephen Cannell, The Devil's Workshop: A Novel, HarperCollins, page 12. From the entry qual
• The contest ended in mid November, I got the affy Christmas eve, and I picked up the car February 4th or 5th.1999, Suzy, “Any BIG winners?”, in alt.consumers.sweepstakes (Usenet). From the entry affy
• Eve and the "concrete woman" are no more dismissed than Adam and the "concrete man" but are represented as capable of being converted and saved.1995, Manfred Hauke, God Or Goddess?: Feminist Theology : what is It?, page 201. From the entry dismissed
• Eve had chewed the cushion tip from her hairgrip and had begun bending back one end of the stiff piece of metal.1981, Gillian Allnutt, Spitting the Pips Out, page 51. From the entry hairgrip
• On the eve of my resignation I knew that my role was already a symbolic one, and that Gerald Ford's was now the constructive one.1978, Richard Nixon, “The Presidency 1973–1974”, in RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1077. From the entry constructive
• If I am named to thee, thou needst not blush, for now I have seared away that eve above the river, that morn at Penshurst.1904, Mary Johnston, Sir Mortimer. From the entry needst
• On the eve of selling his London wax museum to American Amos Burns, Claude Dupree is murdered by his Jack the Ripper figure, which apparently comes to life.2020, James McKay, Ray Milland: The Films, 1929–1984, McFarland, →ISBN, page 261. From the entry wax museum
• By the eve of the Great War, some Canadians, including many of English birth, were searching for literary and artistic forms that better expressed a sense of Canadianness.1999, Paul Robert Magocsi, Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, University of Toronto Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 485. From the entry Canadianness
• Newman was so ashamed of the film, he took out an ad in the Los Angeles Times to pre-apologize to television viewers on the eve of its late-night showing.1989 Oct, Robert Cetti Jr, “Detour: What Drives Paul Newman?”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 72. From the entry preapologize
• Eve Titus has written a delightful book, “Basil of Baker Street” (Whittlessey House, McGraw-Hill), with the hope, she states, of attracting new readers to Sherlock Holmesiana.1959 November 15, “Young Readers Should Enjoy Recent Books”, in The Chickasha Daily Express, 67th year, number 229, Chickasha, Okla., page…. From the entry Sherlock Holmesiana
• Then two days before Wigilia, a German officer came to say that ‘Germans are humanitarians even towards criminals,’ so we could take part in the Christmas eve celebration.1945 January 24, Brenda Ueland, quoting the Polish Review, “What Goes on Here”, in Minneapolis Daily Times, volume 78, number 210…. From the entry Wigilia
• As late as the eve of the World War, two-thirds of the farm land belonged to only a quarter of a million proprietors: princes and barons and well-to-do townsmen.1939, Carl T. Schmidt, chapter I, in The Corporate State in Action, New York: Oxford University Press, page 6. From the entry world war
• Everyone who has the slightest chance of eve going on a honeymoon is a potential customer for “The Story of Bermuda” by Hudson Strode (Smith & Haas).1932 December 24, Alice Payne Hackett, “Selling America”, in The Publishers’ Weekly: The American Booktrade Journal, volume 122, number…. From the entry pearlescent

Meaning of eve

1. noun The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
2. noun Evening, night.
3. noun The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced.

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How do you use eve in a sentence?

Eve is used as a noun. For example: “She died on the eve of her 100th birthday.”

What is a short sentence with eve?

“on a cold winter's eve.”

What does eve mean?

Eve means the day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.