often attributive
: the time from dusk to dawn
Examples of nighttime in a Sentence
The animal hunts in the nighttime.
before electricity, gas lamps were used for illumination during the nighttime
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The nighttime spectacle will kick off at 7:45 p.m. London time and run all through the nighttime hours until 6 a.m. the following day.
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2024
Per the producers, the story follows a married couple, Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart), who descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into an electric nighttime realm of 80’s LA.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2024
Per the producers, the story follows a married couple, Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart), who descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into an electric nighttime realm of 80’s LA.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
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“Nighttime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nighttime. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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