How to Use nocturnal in a Sentence

nocturnal

adjective

• The adults are nocturnal and rest during the day around the base of the plants (in the soil or thatch).
  — oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2021
• One night, the group hired a local guide to drive in to the park to look for nocturnal wildlife.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022
• The nocturnal birds have tufts on their heads that look like horns or ears.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 28 Mar. 2024
• An opossum is the size of a house cat, is nocturnal and lives in the forest.
  — Heloise, Washington Post, 22 June 2019
• The music fades and where there were the nocturnal crickets at the start, now there are ocean waves.
  — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 9 Mar. 2023
• But a lot of it is unseen; a lot of the animals in the desert are nocturnal.
  — Hazlitt, 26 Oct. 2023
• Don’t miss: A game drive at night to see the nocturnal animals come to life as the sun sets.
  — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
• The nocturnal owls don’t hoot but make strange screams and hissings sounds at night.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2024
• The nocturnal owls don’t hoot but make strange screams and hissings sounds at night.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
• Dogs, on the other hand, evolved from wolves who are nocturnal hunters.
  — Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2021
• And the kākāpō, a large, nocturnal, flightless parrot, came in third, with 4,548 votes.
  — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
• And for at least one nocturnal species, the vital clue on a moonless night seems to be our own Milky Way.
  — Christie Taylor, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024
• Learn about the history of the solstice and watch for nocturnal wildlife.
  — courant.com, 25 Nov. 2020
• In the desert, many animals are nocturnal, so tracks are one of the best ways to know which critters are out there.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Oct. 2021
• The Amur leopard is nocturnal and lives and hunts alone – mainly in the forests of Russia and China.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• Pha Mi bent-toed geckos are nocturnal, living in and around rocky caves, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
• In the series, a nocturnal species known as gargoyles are stone during the day but come alive at night.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
• Once browns near the 20-inch mark, many become nocturnal.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 22 May 2024
• Counter to the popular image of bats, not all of them are nocturnal.
  — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2020
• The black ghost knifefish is, as its name implies, a nocturnal hunter.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
• There are some species of fish, like catfish and knife fish, that are nocturnal, Aqueon says.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
• To escape the daytime heat, the city has also turned nocturnal.
  — Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2021
• Bats are skilled nocturnal hunters that use echolocation to find, track, and catch their prey.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 22 May 2024
• Hogs tend to be nocturnal, so the after-dawn excursions last just a few hours.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2020
• Night parrots are one of only two nocturnal parrot species in the world.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 June 2020
• Owls, the nocturnal bird, started flying in circles and clawing at the cage right as the sky was turning dark.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
• Smith said the nocturnal creatures were released back into the wild.
  — Fox News, 30 Oct. 2019
• Tawny owls are medium-sized nocturnal birds who have two plumage color morphs, pale gray and dark brown.
  — Grrlscientist, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• Hamsters are solitary, nocturnal creatures, Greenstein says.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
• These nocturnal creatures play a vital role in pest control, consuming large amounts of insects, especially agricultural pests.
  — Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024