(n.) The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the past AfD has tried to distance itself from the anti-immigrant, anti-Islamic campaign group Patriotic Europeans against the Islamisation of the Occident (Pegida) which, like Petry, originated in Dresden.
(2) Following the report of a case of costal echinococcosis, a review of the published literature showed that 32 identical cases have been the subject of publications in the Occident.
(3) The first observation in Occident of "eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (Ofuji)" is reported.
(4) Peace is sought through self-harmony in the orient, but through social harmony in the occident.
(5) The word was conveyed to us by another monk of the egyptian deserts, Jean Cassien, with a change of meaning which made it very difficult to distinguish from sadness: his audience being very different from his predecessor's, as he wrote for Latins, little inclined to anachoretic life but among which developed the first great coenobitic institutions of the Occident.
(6) During the Roman Empire of Occident (Byzantine Empire), Oribasius, Aurelianus Caelius, Moschion and above all Aetius and Paul of Aegina wrote many works which were many times plagiarized.
(7) Thus can observe the denial of lineage in the Far East, but in the occident we can experience instead the idea of surmounting our self so as to be god or now to experience the omnipotence in form of technical ideas, e.g.
(8) Relative or absolute Mg deficiency, which is likely in the Occident where the Mg intake is commonly marginal, can militate against optimal therapeutic bone response, Mg being important for normal bone structure, and can increase the risk of adverse effects.
(9) The report also follows a sharpening in the far-right tone at rallies by the anti-immigrant movement Pegida, or Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident, where on Monday night a speaker issued a veiled appeal for concentration camps to be put into operation again.
(10) The meaning of suicide and homicide is also discussed, and their use as indicators, together with data on occident rate, is suggested.
(11) Deaf-muteness is a major handicap in the Occident because it brings on many disorders in the child's nerve plexus.
(12) The average IgM titer among the four groups is higher than the one found in the Occident.
Sunset
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Sunsetting
Example Sentences:
(1) Each moment was scripted, from the placement of his riding boots in the stirrups of the riderless black horse that accompanied his procession through Washington, to tonight’s burial at sunset back in California.
(2) Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary general of the Council of Europe, raised concerns about the sunset clause.
(3) darlingi from Costa Marques had a bimodal biting activity profile with a major peak at sunset and a minor peak at sunrise.
(4) Held on the nineteenth floor of Broadgate Tower in the city, complete with panoramic views and a stunning sunset, this show delivered a wardrobe of polished separates, slick tailoring and chic dresses.
(5) The entry pattern was more uniform than the exit which showed two distinct peaks around sunset and after midnight.
(6) The speedboat drivers pay close attention to the water conditions on the strait and try to approach the Iranian coast just after sunset.
(7) And, as was the case with almost every other director in Less Than Meets The Eye, Wilder did knock out a few classics; to my count, four: Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot and the just re-released The Apartment .
(8) Reflecting on the possibilities for top-flight football in San Diego, Hejduk says: “Why don’t you build a stadium right where you can watch the sunset in the background and have fish tacos in the stadium?
(9) By sunset, around 2,000 had left voluntarily in 42 government buses for government-run camps, but thousands were still left in Idomeni overnight.
(10) I don’t want to start naming names of living American directors because I’ll leave someone out and they’re friends.” He does, however, observe that with the exception of the Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men and The Sunset Limited , which he directed, Hollywood has bungled adapting the novels of his friend Cormac McCarthy.
(11) But Cameron agreed to a "sunset clause" time-limiting the bill to 2016, a full-scale review of intercept laws, a new oversight board and restrictions on the number of public bodies that can make use of surveillance data.
(12) Steel industry sources pay tribute to the support that successive governments have given in general terms to the industry through apprenticeships, innovation and science, but there is a lingering sense that steel is a sunset industry; like the smog above the plant, a pall of inevitable doom hangs over its future.
(13) When fed with a purified diet, however, both tartrazine and Sunset Yellow FCF at 5% level in the diet resulted in a marked retardation in growth, an unthrifty appearance of the fur and death of 50% or more of the rats within an experimental period of 14 days.
(14) Dadd's three paintings Puck (1841), A Fairy – Sunset (1841-42) and Come unto these Yellow Sands (1842) are elegant and precise – the Puck is a baby, sitting on a mushroom in moonlight under a columbine dripping with dewdrops, among grasses also beaded with water, and watches much smaller naked dancers cavorting below him.
(15) Sit with your feet in the sand around tables cleverly designed out of cable drums, watching the sunset and enjoying a cold Greek beer.
(16) You can pick up your Daredevil comic at Secret Headquarters ( thesecretheadquarters.com ), romance a date at Cafe Stella (3932 Sunset Boulevard; 001 323 666 0265), and grab some Humboldt Fog at Cheese Store of Silver Lake ( cheesestoresl.com ).
(17) A fter a week in Kolkata , blessed with mellow sunsets created by the yellowy haze that hung over the city, I flew back to Britain via Delhi on Friday.
(18) The maximum frequency is observed during the dark phase, the peak values occurring just after sunset and before sunrise.
(19) White Sands national monument Sunset at White Sands national monument, New Mexico.
(20) Normally industrial action of this sort, especially in the UK, would have the likes of the Institute of Directors telling us the cost in millions before sunset.