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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Jadon, a 23-year-old from Arizona, focuses primarily on nighttime and astrophotography.
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Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Santa Monica has already imposed a nighttime curfew for some northern neighborhoods still affected by a mandatory evacuation order.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Jadon, a 23-year-old from Arizona, focuses primarily on nighttime and astrophotography.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
The nighttime celebration embraces the spooky season with haunted scare zones and immersive mazes.
—Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Nighttime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nighttime. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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