How to Use night in a Sentence

night

1 of 2 noun
  • 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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night

2 of 2 adjective
  • This is the last night bus.
  • He is taking a night flight.
  • Ben Folsom, who lives in Alexandria, Va., and takes a multi-night bike trip every year, compared bike touring to jazz.
    Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
  • These are the places largely given over to nature, where people go to separate from the pull of modern life, often on multi-night trips.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The bulk of the 2020 accolades were distributed earlier this week during the multi-night Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
    Nardine Saad, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Those performances will be followed by similar multi-night stops in Austin and Chicago.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 June 2022
  • Issues with the school district’s new paycheck system, which caused some employees to receive partial paychecks or no pay at all, prompted the multi-night protest in the school district office.
    Lauren Hernández, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Isbell and the 400 Unit play prestigious venues around the world, including multi-night stands at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 29 Sep. 2021
  • This is the last night bus.
  • He is taking a night flight.
  • Ben Folsom, who lives in Alexandria, Va., and takes a multi-night bike trip every year, compared bike touring to jazz.
    Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
  • These are the places largely given over to nature, where people go to separate from the pull of modern life, often on multi-night trips.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The bulk of the 2020 accolades were distributed earlier this week during the multi-night Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
    Nardine Saad, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Those performances will be followed by similar multi-night stops in Austin and Chicago.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 June 2022
  • Issues with the school district’s new paycheck system, which caused some employees to receive partial paychecks or no pay at all, prompted the multi-night protest in the school district office.
    Lauren Hernández, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Isbell and the 400 Unit play prestigious venues around the world, including multi-night stands at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 29 Sep. 2021

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