by night

idiom

: at night : during the night
New York by night is very different from New York by day.

Examples of by night in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Outside, Steinkamp’s digital artwork Swoosh sees five animations transform the geometric exterior surface of the dome into a technicolor wonder by night and Massenburg’s joyful, 100-foot mural Cultural Playground draws in passing pedestrians and motorists. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 July 2024 Sharonda, a nudist and enthusiastic attendee of a strip-mall church emphasizing second chances, and Bryan, a barber shop owner by day and male dancer by night, are characters who don’t directly correlate to anybody on P-Valley but would get along great with all the characters from P-Valley. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024 My favorite new cookie of the season, though, is the sesame seed and chocolate chunk cookie at Pan Pan Vino Vino, a bakery by day, wine bar by night that opened in Greenpoint in February. Becky Hughes, New York Times, 23 May 2024 Hertz in the morning and being inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame by night. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for by night 

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“By night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20night. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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