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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The celestial debris fields responsible for this nighttime show come courtesy of Halley’s Comet, which last came our way in 1986 and will do so again in 2061.
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Michael D'estries, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2026
By nighttime, the crowd had begun to shrink and disperse, leaving a much smaller group of activists in front of the federal building.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
The high Monday is expected to reach the upper 30s as clouds increase throughout the day, NWS forecasts, with a nighttime low in the high 20s.
—Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
Besides World of Frozen, Disney Adventure World will also debut a new nighttime spectacular and a new central promenade with more than two dozen dining locations.
—Josh Roberts, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Nighttime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nighttime. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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