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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While temperatures on the surface rise and fall throughout the day, peaking in the heat of the afternoon and then cooling down in the nighttime, the temperature inside a burrow remains relatively constant.
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The bloom appears as a bright pinkish-orange cloud during the day, but nighttime brings a spectacular transformation.
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During the nighttime searches, researchers found several vaguely familiar-looking lizards on branches and shrubs, the study said.
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Scanlan herself has fielded the nighttime calls.
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The bloom appears as a bright pinkish-orange cloud during the day, but nighttime brings a spectacular transformation.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
During the nighttime searches, researchers found several vaguely familiar-looking lizards on branches and shrubs, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
Scanlan herself has fielded the nighttime calls.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nighttime
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“Nighttime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nighttime. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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