Daily life
the nights draw in
evenings get darker earlier
When the nights draw in, it becomes dark earlier in the evening as autumn and winter approach.
Hear it in real life
Why are you buying so many candles?
The nights are drawing in, and I like a cosy room.
I spend more evenings at home once the nights draw in.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The nights pull in.
Say: The nights draw in.
Use the fixed verb 'draw in,' not the literal translation 'pull in.'
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
the nights draw in; as the nights draw in
Your turn: say it out loud
I spend more evenings at home once the nights draw in.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
the nights draw in
evenings get darker earlier
“I spend more evenings at home once the nights draw in.”
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