How to Use eve in a Sentence

eve

noun
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  • Globe staff On the eve of the album’s release, the band was nervous.
    — L. Wayne Hicks, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • The eve of el Dia de la Virgen is a busy night for Cantabrana.
    — J. Emilio Flores, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • On the eve of the 1960s, Americans who lived in cities started to move to the suburbs.
    — Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Tunis pleaded guilty to all 48 charges on the eve of the trial.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But, on the eve of the new season, there was a dramatic late twist.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The big pullback comes on the eve of OPEC's meeting this weekend.
    — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 2 June 2023
  • On the eve of the game, the last of the year, seniors burn a pair of cleats in a moving-on ceremony.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • For dinner, on the eve of Meghan's 42nd birthday, the Duchess looked chic in a black-and-white striped strapless maxidress from Posse.
    — Town & Country, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Bosa, for the past couple of seasons, has addressed his teammates on the eve of games.
    — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • On the eve of his 25th anniversary of brewing in San Diego, Hasker is the area’s reigning lord of lagers.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023
  • Now, on the eve of the 168th Hamilton County Fair, my story today takes a look at the future of the fair and the fairgrounds.
    — Scott Wartman cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Jensen was intrigued, and her husband persuaded her to try the scan on the eve of her 50th birthday.
    — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The Detroit Lions made a move to bolster their running back room on the eve of training camp.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
  • On the eve of October, the mercury rose to 76 degrees, one above the Sept. 30 average.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • One day four years ago, on the eve of Frances’s sixtieth birthday, Patrick had come in from the fields, sat at the kitchen table, and slumped over.
    — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Max’s announcement of the renewal comes on the eve of the final two episodes of the first season dropping on Feb. 8.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Passaro’s sons James and Ron kept him company on the eve of wedding.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • On the eve of the holiday, all her branches were shut as the coronavirus began to spread fast.
    — Li Yuan, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • When Kerr hurt her left calf on the eve of a World Cup that Australia is co-hosting, the story transfixed the country.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • There is little energy in the country’s largest city on the eve of the opening kickoff.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • In 2014, on the eve of his retirement, Mr. Berthelot got the idea to cross France on his recumbent bike for three months.
    — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2023
  • The series begins in the dying days of apartheid, with South Africa on the eve of its first democratic elections.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 28 Feb. 2024
  • On the eve of the event, Davis stood up at his table at fine-dining restaurant Nobu to deliver a toast.
    — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In November, the central bank cut its forecast for GDP growth this year to 2%, from an estimate of 3% on the eve of the war.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • But on the eve of the summit, after hours of meetings with the leaders of both nations, Stoltenberg announced a breakthrough.
    — USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • Days later, Garland delivered a speech on the eve of the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack.
    — Carol D. Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
  • The group made the announcement on the eve of Ramadan, the Muslim holy fasting month that Yemen began Monday.
    — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The case was set to go to trial this week, but the detective entered his plea on the eve of jury selection.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • In a ritual on the eve of the last Wednesday of the year, people jump over fire to cleanse the spirit from malaise of the old year and take on the glow of the flames in preparation for the new year.
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The announcement came on the eve of the tournament’s kick off and is considered a setback to closing the gender pay gap in the sport.
    — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 20 July 2023

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