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

Career counselor Steve Raglan (Lillard) convinces Mike to take a job working the night shift at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, a defunct restaurant that closed in the ’80s after several children disappeared. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026

These June 30 rejections include supplemental health benefits, a night shift differential, geographic pay differential, a recruitment and retention proposal, seniority differential and overtime meal benefits, according to the complaint. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026

The night shift manager, son of The Club’s property manager, pauses his online blackjack game to hand over a duplicate fob. — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

In the morning, Nathan and Joe notice that Luke didn’t complete all the tasks in his night shift’s to-do list. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Rhymes for night shift

• adrift
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• facelift
• festschrift
• forklift
• gearshift
• makeshift
• redshift
• sealift
• snowdrift
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• clift