night shift

noun

1

: a period of time during the night (such as from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.) in which a person is scheduled to work

He works the night shift and sleeps during the day.

2

: a group of people who work during the night shift

The night shift is starting to arrive.

Examples of night shift in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After working for the county since 1973 – and overall working a half-century in law enforcement – Milstead first rose to the rank of lieutenant, in charge of the night shift, before being appointed as county sheriff in 1997. —Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Jan. 2026

Sleep is the brain’s night shift. —Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026

Volpe’s drama follows Leonie Benesch (September 5, The Teacher’s Lounge) playing an overextended nurse struggling through a demanding night shift at a Swiss hospital. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026

The couple got clearance from the resort to go down the snowy mountain and spent two and a half hours searching with metal detectors along with the resort’s night shift snowmaking supervisor, Pat Harper. —Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for night shift

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