How to Use nightly in a Sentence

nightly

1 of 2 adjective
  • There were nightly attacks on the city.
  • These clubs provide nightly entertainment.
  • Then there were the months of nightly protests in 2020.
    oregonlive, 6 July 2023
  • Her boots left deep marks that were always gone by morning due to the nightly rains.
    Hazlitt, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The nightly singing inside the jail was captured in a video that Trump allies have shared online in the past two months.
    Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • Hang out on the sand after dinner for the nightly countdown to sunset.
    Coastal Living, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
  • Start by using it twice a week and then graduate to nightly use.
    Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Sorry to be a buzz-kill, but that nightly glass or two of wine is not improving your health.
    Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Light some candles, put on some chill tunes, grab a book—make your nightly bath a self-care moment.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The captain is a local guide, the first mate is the chef, and the nightly rate includes housekeeping, meals, drinks, snorkel equipment, and more.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2023
  • To me, the nightly BirdCast map is a corrective to our human-centric view of the planet.
    Ty Burr, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Don’t miss the nightly ritual of watching the sunset as a bagpiper plays.
    Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But of all Orion’s fears, nothing compares to the nightly visitor who greets him once the lights go out.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 13 June 2023
  • Silken Dreams Duo What is beauty sleep without nightly skin care?
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In his nightly address to the Ukrainian people, Zelenskyy praised his troops and noted the low morale of the Russian forces.
    Samya Kullab, Anchorage Daily News, 12 May 2023
  • Carmel envisions Ballers games will be a nightly block party with a beer garden, food trucks and drums.
    Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The soldiers are then sent off to recover elsewhere to create space for the next nightly deluge.
    Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • School is back in session, and for many families the nightly dinner rush has gotten even more, well, rushed.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Its nightly rates for fall weekends rarely fall below $600.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Its soft glow also doubles as a nightlight for kids and could be part of a nightly bedtime routine.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 17 Nov. 2023
  • At One&Only Nyungwe, where nightly rates start at $3,250, guests can start their stay with a master class on tea, one of the country’s main exports, or a crash course in archery.
    Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Make sunset gazing on the soft white sands of Seven Mile Beach a nightly ritual.
    Shayne Benowitz, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • News has promoted Keltie Knight to co-host of the nightly entertainment news show.
    Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2024
  • So while getting a nightly eight hours is good, what your body really wants is routine.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The aim was to fit around the city’s nightly curfew, which keeps Zaporizhzhia residents indoors at night.
    Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
  • Use this three-piece set on a nightly basis and your skin will surely feel baby-soft after each and every use.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Best used as a nightly leave-in treatment, massage it into the scalp to promote healthier, fuller hair.
    ELLE, 31 July 2023
  • Naturally, the nightly rate for a billionaire-style villa on the beach is going to cost way more.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2023
  • What do these nightly horrors tell us about our fellow creatures?
    Time, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Just like applying daily sunscreen and nightly retinol serum, there are ways to tweak and style your hair to feel fresher than ever.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 July 2023
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nightly

2 of 2 adverb
  • She performs at the club nightly.
  • The restaurant serves dinner nightly.
  • The lights will be on nightly through New Year's Eve from 6-9 p.m.
    Suzi Parker, Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The highway will be closed at 6 p.m. nightly and reopen around 7 a.m. the next day.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Guests can sit around it and enjoy the sounds of DJs spinning nightly.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Man’s best friend is now in every part of our daily – and nightly – lives.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Departing nightly, the train takes about 12 hours to wind its way north to the city of Rovaniemi, the heart of Finnish Lapland.
    Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
  • There will be nightly tree lightings at the park’s 30-foot Lego tree decked with lights and Lego ornaments.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • For weeks, Bradford, a devout Baptist, had been anxious about the date and prayed on it nightly.
    Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Read on to learn about 13 signs and symptoms of sleep deprivation and how to get enough sleep nightly.
    Rachel Swalin, Health, 6 Aug. 2023
  • There are 162 games, nearly nightly watching for six months, and that’s worth a lot of money in eyeballs.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Back in the Groove's four-night special event premieres on Dec. 5, with two episodes available to stream nightly through Dec. 8 on Hulu.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Orion the Hunter plays a big part in these celestial soap operas going nightly in the skies.
    Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The depiction of the underworld in the show (Hadestown looks like a brutal factory town) feels mild to what can be viewed nightly on the news.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The popular road will reopen to the public nightly and on weekends.
    John Benson, cleveland, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The dog, with his many medications and nightly steroid shots, had been remanded to the ex’s household.
    Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • And then the speed that once produced nightly highlights ignited.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The house has its own full-size kitchen and meals are included for guests of Hale House — that means nightly four-course dinners prepared in-house and served by a gourmet chef.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But, jazz is the true heartbeat of the city that comes alive daily (and nightly) all across the city, both on its streets and in its iconic venues, many of which are on the famous Frenchman Street.
    Kellie Walton, Redbook, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The concert series, which runs nightly from the end of June through the beginning of July, carries with it world-class talent.
    Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Some masks are designed to be used nightly but using a weekly mask too often can also be too much of a good thing.
    Sarah Y. Wu, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Similar scenes play out nightly across the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, which has transformed over the past month into an undeclared war zone.
    Lorenzo Tugnoli, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • There are also a few extras not often seen here, such as roast turkey nightly or tri-tip steak.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2024
  • On the three dates, free roller-skating lessons will be given from 5 to 6 p.m. and a family hour will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. There will also be nightly DJ sets and food trucks.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2023
  • Her second internship was at Fore Street restaurant in Portland, Maine, with a wood fired kitchen open to the restaurant and a new menu nightly.
    Juliana Hale, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2023
  • Pilobolus in the Garden will be performed twice nightly May 23-26.
    Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
  • In fact, the Naples Pier is one of the most iconic hotspots on the southwest coast where crowds gather nightly to watch spectacular sunsets.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Living room dance parties were enjoyed nightly; bottles of wine were polished off by the adults.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Corn dogs for dinner nightly—probably not the best diet.
    Charlotte Druckman / Photographs By F. Martin Ramin/the Wall Street Journal, Food Styling By Kim Ramin, Prop Styling By Valeria Suasnavas , WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
  • As the performance hits a high the fireworks start and are synched to music just like the beloved spectaculars that happen nightly in the Disney parks.
    Megan Dubois, Chron, 14 July 2022

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