How to Use night in a Sentence

night

noun
Definition of nightnext
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  • The store's open all night.
  • Let's stop for the night and get a hotel.
  • I stayed up late five nights in a row.
  • It's eleven o'clock at night.
  • Last night, I had the strangest dream.
  • Who are you calling at this time of night?
  • She and her husband both work at night and sleep during the day.
  • They were up all night long playing video games.
  • Spend six nights and seven days on a tropical island in the Caribbean!
  • Turning clear for the night with lows again mainly in a range of the mid-30s to near 40.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
  • That night, her two young children went in her purse and ate the candy.
    — John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination | Amy Yurkanin, Al.com, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Simpson’s takeaway was the second of two on the night from the Auburn defense.
    — Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Ramirez was in Friday’s night’s lineup against the Rays at third base.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Before the night was over, sirens blared as fistfights broke out.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Vagrants shattered store windows to get a bed for the night in jail.
    — Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The pair opened night two, with Bliss turning the handle of a giant Fiend in the Box under creepy red lights.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Here are lineups for Tuesday night’s game between the Guardian and Twins.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The orange flames from the bus and the oncoming headlights from traffic piercing the night sky can be seen in the video.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
  • One night, my father looks up from my phone to ask, What is this Pizza Rat?
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The deadly shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. that night on Thomas Street in Alex City.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 19 July 2023
  • Hartke said he was told Lynch was on the phone with a friend in front of her home Friday night when Miller came out with a gun and the line went dead.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Brown will be honored at halftime of the Monday night game against the Las Vegas Raiders.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
  • And when night fell, they were plunged into the inky darkness of rural Georgia.
    — Randi Kaye, CNN, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Friday night and Saturday night lows settle in the 40s to near 50.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Their names appeared in the credits for the Season 7 premiere on Sunday night.
    — Variety, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • It was also not removed when the telecast was rerun late at night.
    — David Bauder, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • Use toll roads when possible and avoid driving alone or at night.
    — Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • As Oscar night fades in the rearview, arguments over who got robbed and who had the nicest dress continue to recede.
    — Jordan Hoffman, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The New York holistic therapist and health coach had been a die-hard fan until a fall 2010 night with Geever.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Mayer was in Tokyo following a performance at the Blue Note there the night before.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 1 Jan. 2024

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