How to Use call it a night in a Sentence

call it a night

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  • She’s spooked that she got caught and texts him, deciding to call it a night.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 17 June 2024
  • Pair your packets of cheesy goodness with a hearty kale salad, and call it a night.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
  • To call it a night, check in to one of Florence’s boutique hotels.
    Larry Bleiberg, Washington Post, 15 June 2022
  • Taylor started crying as well, so the group decided to call it a night.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • With the many surprises that seemed to keep on coming, guests had little desire to call it a night.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 July 2024
  • After about two hours, when the sun began to set, Erin decided to call it a night.
    Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2021
  • After dropping the couple off, Hood headed back home, ready to call it a night.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The only logical thing to do was call it a night and hope for a better tomorrow.
    Yvonne Orji, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 May 2021
  • Spurs coach Gregg Popovich heard one whistle and then a second, and by then was ready to call it a night.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 June 2021
  • Men Tell All has wrapped filming, and Katie Thurston is ready to call it a night.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 26 July 2021
  • After one hour of deliberation, the jurors were ready to call it a night.
    Joe Barrett, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Many watch several innings then call it a night while others catch the entire game, which can stretch beyond three hours.
    Katie Pesznecker, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2021
  • The parents decided to call it a night and head home to make sure everything was OK.
    Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • As midnight approached, Roxanne was ready to call it a night, but Terry wanted to stay.
    CBS News, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The Rangers decided to call it a night after 70 pitches, near his limit anyway.
    Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2022
  • At the end of the evening, Veca, who has taken over the bar, offered small glasses of sambuca to those who weren’t quite ready to call it a night.
    Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
  • But as the slam dunks piled up and the music played and the crowd rumbled, William and Kate were apparently having too much fun to call it a night.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The panelists at the real estate event in Somerville were just about to call it a night when somebody finally raised the question on everyone’s minds.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • More than 40 years into his late-night hosting career, David Letterman isn’t planning to call it a night anytime soon.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • After the wins over the Bucks and Wizards, Davis began to suffer from flu-like symptoms against Cleveland and had to call it a night after just eight minutes.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Fast-forward past a scene of the actor, now naked, enthusiastically consuming pumpkin pie off an equally naked young starlet, and Perry and his partner call it a night.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 22 June 2020
  • Darvin Ham, a coach who has been slow to call it a night, pulled his starters with more than eight minutes to go, the game clearly lost to the 76ers, who were playing with more force, more intention and with more attitude.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023

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