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Example sentences for "this afternoon"

  • This afternoon Mr. Waith was with me, and did tell me much concerning the Chest, which I am resolved to look into; and I perceive he is sensible of Sir W.

  • This afternoon Mrs. Hunt came to see me, and I did give her a Muske Millon.

  • This afternoon I went to Westminster; and there hear that the King and Queen intend to come to White Hall from Hampton Court next week, for all winter.

  • George has been in such good spirits today, and I am sure he will end by coming up this afternoon.

  • George Emerson is coming up this afternoon.

  • This afternoon, for example, if I had not arrived, what would have happened?

  • So it was at the Rectory, when I met you both again; so it has been the whole of this afternoon.

  • This afternoon my wife, and Mercer, and Deb.

  • This afternoon my Lady Pickering come to see us: I busy, saw her not.

  • Thence to the coach to my wife, and so home, and there with W.

  • Thence with Balty away and got a coach and to Hide Park, and there up and down and did drink some milk at the Lodge, and so home and to bed.

  • Are you going to Mrs Wright's this afternoon?

  • There's something the matter with his eyes, and he went to see someone about it this afternoon.

  • I shouldn't wonder if they come up this afternoon.

  • I'll use them for an article on contemporary style; it occurred to me this afternoon.

  • He had the impudence to tell me this afternoon that he would like to be a priest; and he threw it up to me that he never could be because I'd kept him from studyin'.

  • I am, indeed, honored, this afternoon," he said with sarcasm.

  • You and your friends are the only ones who have been here this afternoon.

  • I bought them at an auction, and it's going out of business, and they have to be taken away before half past four this afternoon.

  • I was out, this afternoon, and she ate nearly ALL of a five-pound box of candy.

  • I heard 'em this afternoon, when Willie had papa's cane.

  • I apologize to my countrymen for not having them with me this afternoon.

  • Go this afternoon, and to-morrow I will call for your decision.

  • This afternoon, during the hour of siesta, will you come with me?

  • Allworthy and I can finish all matters between us this afternoon, and let us ha' the wedding to-morrow.

  • See what he hath given me this afternoon.

  • Yes, child," said the aunt, "this afternoon.

  • This afternoon, the mate asked him for a tumbler of water, and he refused to get it for him, saying that he waited upon nobody but the captain: and here he had the custom on his side.

  • This afternoon I engaged myself to go to Paris with a French family.

  • Among those whom Ida called upon this afternoon was an old woman who, in addition to her own voluminous troubles, was always in a position to give a compte-rendu of the general distress of the neighbourhood.

  • This afternoon Mr. Shepley, Moore, and Creed came to me all about their several accounts with me, and we did something with them all, and so they went away.

  • This afternoon Mr. Hater received for me the L225 due upon Mr. Creed's bill in which I am concerned so much, which do make me very glad.

  • He handed it in this afternoon," he added, nodding to the group.

  • I have so many things to see to this afternoon.

  • It was a back passage, and few pedestrians used the path; in fact, there were none on it this afternoon, so the children had it all to themselves.

  • I refer to the occurrence of this afternoon.

  • My dear cousin," said Pepe, "how you must have been bored this afternoon by our disputes!

  • This afternoon we will see what can be done.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "this afternoon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    certain that; exact account; grand banquet; sous les; this act; this company; this condition; this convention; this doctrine; this essay; this genus; this incident; this journey; this last; this latter; this man; this mountain; this narrative; this occasion; this our; this passage; this planet; this society; this stage; this strange; this treaty