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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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Dec. 2025
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Breaking and entering a vehicle or boat in the nighttime for felony.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Dec. 2025
Gamma Light Therapy Revive Red Reading Light This clip-on reading light does more than just illuminate your nighttime read.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
Breaking and entering a vehicle or boat in the nighttime for felony.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Allowing babies to nap in daylight and normal household noise helps maintain healthy sleep pressure toward nighttime.
—Maria Bolevich, Interesting Engineering, 7 Dec. 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 15 Dec. 2025.
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