How to Use opening night in a Sentence

opening night

noun

• The opening night malaise wasn’t all due to the defense.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
• On the opening night of the playoffs, the 10th-seeded Pirates bowed out.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• None of it mattered much on the opening night of U.S. Olympic track trials.
  — Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
• But on opening night last week, the cosplay quotient was high among young and old.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
• On opening night, Mona had booked a band called the Les Stewart Quartet.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024
• The first 300 people through the maze on opening night receive a goodie bag filled with prizes..
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
• The film will premiere at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival on opening night.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2023
• The first performance of the show on Broadway will take place April 24 at 2 p.m. and will also be the show’s opening night.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2024
• The band’s drummer, Lars Ulrich, broke down the opening night set — and explained some of the other cues, too.
  — Austin Considine, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Some of the visuals just weren’t ready for opening night, so there was that factor, too.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
• But on opening night last weekend, the music was so loud that a couple of singers were shouting their lyrics near the end of the show.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
• By the sound check on opening night, both artists had been visibly nudged out of their comfort zones.
  — Joshua Barone, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
• When the musical made its way to Los Angeles in 2007, the couple were again amongst the crowd on opening night.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• And the lights on opening night occasionally had a mind of their own.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 20 July 2024
• Taylor Swift had a brush with royalty on the opening night of her Eras Tour stop in London.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 22 June 2024
• The stormy clouds outside the Palais might have dampened some spirits as the credits rolled on the opening night film of the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
  — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 14 May 2024
• On opening night, none of the friends and family paid for anything, even though the restaurant is already deep in debt.
  — Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
• Phylicia Rashad will direct the play, which is set to begin previews on Feb. 25 ahead of opening night in mid-March.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
• The footloose couple performed on the opening night of the Symphony of Dance tour in Melbourne, Fl.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2024
• The schedule for the league’s second year, including the date for opening night, is also yet to be announced.
  — Carol Schram, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• Mae West, Richard Nixon and Liberace were in the audience on opening night.
  — Maane Khatchatourian, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2023
• Low has now been to the Eras Tour four times, including a last-minute decision to fly to Glendale for opening night.
  — Town & Country, 12 July 2023
• Many people were outraged about the presence of Johnny Depp on opening night last year.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
• But Sanz wasn’t the only international star who performed on the opening night of the event.
  — Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2024
• The song has been absent for the majority of the tour, save for opening night in Stockholm and a mid-August date in Atlanta.
  — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, the Pistons have lost 19 of 20 in a disaster of a season that began with a win over the Magic on opening night.
  — Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2023
• The first pitch of the game against the San Diego Padres is scheduled to be delivered at 7:05 p.m. local time, making this opening day an opening night.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Video from the opening night of the tour at the O2 Arena in London showed the pop star strumming an acoustic guitar and singing the first verse and chorus — along with the entire crowd singing.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2023
• The crowd traditionally has been thinner for the late parade, and that was true on this year’s opening night.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
• Alabama kicks things off on opening night Aug. 3, with Trace Adkins' headlining the stage on the fair's last night Aug. 13.
  — Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024