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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Malik Peay, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Several fires could be seen against the nighttime skyline.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
That’s why nighttime heartburn is so common in general.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 May 2025
The film centers on married couple Raoul (Isaac) and Alex (Stewart) who descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into an electric nighttime realm of ’80s Los Angeles, per the official synopsis.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 May 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 29 May. 2025.
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