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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