How to Use first night in a Sentence

first night

noun
  • Here’s the other thing about that first night in St. Louis.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The event marks the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Just before the first night of Hanukkah, Alexander Chack made latkes.
    Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 30 Nov. 2021
  • But Phil’s certainly on Peter’s radar from that first night.
    Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • After the first night, the contestants slept in sleeping bags on the turf in the middle of the stadium.
    Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Amazon is also offering specific links to the first night’s concert and the second night’s.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Deedy was off-duty and bar-hopping with friends when the altercation occurred during his first night in Waikiki.
    NBC News, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Chabad Lubavitch of Arizona is hosting a free celebration on the first night of Hanukkah.
    Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2021
  • After spending his first night at the Kicklighter home, Michael awakens to find the brothers mud-dogging in his Porsche.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Every Virginia governor in recent memory has capped his first night in office with a black-tie gala, where the new chief executive shows off his dancing skills (or lack thereof).
    Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Cars rolled through the streets of neighboring northwest suburbs Sunday, ending in a park where an oversized menorah was lit, all as part of a parade that celebrated the first night of Hanukkah.
    Pioneer Press Staff, chicagotribune.com, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The first night, the woman and I hook up at The Yale Club.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Her first night on the job in 1983 came with a whiff of stage fright.
    Lenny Megliola, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022
  • Both sides were playing on the first night of a back-to-back.
    Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • The Hillbillies closed out the first night on a high note.
    Cierra Black, Essence, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Brooks’ Rockets are in town on Dec. 5 — the first night of a spicy back-to-back.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The memory of the first night of the show’s taping was still vivid.
    Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The rhythm of the Olympics is that all the fears fall away after the first night and the party begins.
    NBC News, 27 July 2024
  • So Rams fans are eager to see what Snead will do on the first night of the draft.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The first night, the sleepers were placed in mostly dark rooms.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The Orioles made three selections on the first night of the 2024 MLB draft.
    Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
  • By the end of that first night, she’s sent Ivan home with her number in his phone.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 May 2024
  • But that first night in Boulder changed things for him.
    Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 11 May 2024
  • But did Kaleb Kim walk away with a rose during the first night in the mansion?
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 27 June 2023
  • Yet, nothing prepared him for his first night game in the Swamp.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The Monarchs earn a 3-2 victory the first night; the Bananas win by a point the next.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
  • The first night of Cannes always opens with a festive French awards show.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 17 May 2022
  • The first night, the dog escaped and caused some destruction.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Styles opened his first night of the Love On Tour concert series with a bang.
    Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Gera MX will be in charge of bringing rap to the festival first night.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2023

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