NIGHT in a Sentence

Learn NIGHT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
336 example sentences for NIGHT, such as:
1. At night, all cats are grey.
2. It was an obscure night in early May.
3. You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.
4. At night, the pupils dilate to allow in more light.
5. That first night I emceed I was absolutely terrified.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of NIGHT
night
 n.  the period spent sleeping
 n.  the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Felix visited the grate at night and made known to the prisoner his intentions in his favour.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
2  I travelled only at night, fearful of encountering the visage of a human being.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
3  I generally rested during the day and travelled only when I was secured by night from the view of man.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
4  I was a mere skeleton, and fever night and day preyed upon my wasted frame.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
5  On that night he had determined to consummate his crimes by my death.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
6  I was answered through the stillness of night by a loud and fiendish laugh.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
7  I can't forget so long as I live the night they shot Rosy Rosenthal there.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  When I came home to West Egg that night I was afraid for a moment that my house was on fire.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
10  The night had made a sharp difference in the weather and there was an autumn flavor in the air.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
11  One night I did hear a material car there and saw its lights stop at his front steps.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
12  It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  It was an obscure night in early May.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
14  "It was the old dame in the chimney corner, at the house where you watched last night," said the child.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
15  She was awake the whole night, and she wept the greatest part of it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
Example Sentence: (126 in 9 pages)
1  You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.
2  The howling of wild animals kept him awake night after night.
3  I read your proposal through last night and I think we'll agree to it.
4  After two late night sessions, the Security Council has failed to reach agreement.
5  In an air raid last night the enemy aircraft bombed the city.
6  At night, all cats are grey.
7  At night, the pupils dilate to allow in more light.
8  Spending a night in the house alone always gives me the willies.
9  They took him to hospital last night and he's already been operated on.
10  Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky.
11  That first night I emceed I was absolutely terrified.
12  Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
13  He would attack at night, preying on lone women in their twenties or thirties.
14  The doctor was called up three times during the night to attend urgent cases.
15  The audience was / were enthusiastic on the opening night of the play.