How to Use night shift in a Sentence

night shift

noun
  • Sleep is the brain’s night shift.
    Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Does one of them have to go to the night shift?
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The night shift is more frantic.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
  • There may be more focus on the night shift staffers soon.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • This happened to me on a recent night shift.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Eleven hours into my night shift, the fleshy light of dawn fans out from the room.
    Ashley Andreou, STAT, 22 June 2026
  • Is the night shift doing anything at this point?
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
  • His first job was building fireproof safes on the night shift.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 15 June 2024
  • That would be a good device, as would night shift or a holiday….
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Along with the interns, a few dozen other people worked the night shift.
    Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
  • Kania works a 10-hour night shift, often as much as six days a week.
    Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • My dad still works a night shift at the railyard in Mobile, so this is easy.
    Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But once Rebecca starts working the night shift, things take a dark turn.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
  • By a year or two in, about 50 students were coming to the dorm each evening to work the night shift.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The next time Vasquez saw Ming, the deputy came in during a night shift to get a piece of pie.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2025
  • My father has been a night shift worker for over three decades at a local factory.
    Jess Reia, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • His last few releases have been somber and pensive, so this is a night shift in sound and energy.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Aug. 2024
  • That would have come off during the night shift on June 9, when the fryer fried up its last batch of chips.
    Greg Garrison | , al, 28 July 2023
  • The agreement states the night shift premium would jump from 15 cents to $1.
    Cbs News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Cal got a job working the night shift at a grocery store in Missoula, stocking shelves.
    Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • Daddy was sleeping because Daddy had worked a twelve-hour night shift again.
    Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Hussain was stabbed and shot during a robbery while working the night shift at a pharmacy.
    Joao Silva Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Even the insect night shift was silent around the camp and also in the nearby hills, as if nature were holding its breath.
    Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
  • His mother joked to Patterson that his night shift was like his second workout of the day.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Siobhan and Lily scream about the night shift’s interference.
    Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
  • Sleep is essentially the night shift for one of your body's most important organs.
    Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Why are fewer Americans working the night shift?
    Kate Concannon, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Noah [Wylie] has indicated that there is a want for the night shift to still be in the narrative.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • Teddy’s commitment to the night shift started long before the first late-night bottle.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The girl is now 4, and Espinoza is ready to work again, perhaps picking up a night shift at a warehouse.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023

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