(n.) That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
(n.) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
(n.) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow.
(n.) The period after the close of life; death.
(n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.
Example Sentences:
(1) Seventy patients were randomised to Fm 40 mg at night and Rn placebo and 62 to Rn 300 mg at night and Fm placebo.
(2) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
(3) As far as acrophase table is concerned for all enzymes and fractions the acrophase occurred during the night.
(4) The night before, he was addressing the students at the Oxford Union , in the English he learned during four years as a student in America.
(5) I felt a much stronger connection with the kids on my home block, who I rode bikes with nightly.
(6) David Cameron last night hit out at his fellow world leaders after the G8 dropped the promise to meet the historic aid commitments made at Gleneagles in 2005 from this year's summit communique.
(7) This was carried out on the healthy subjects for a total of 12 nights without medication (control nights asleep), a total of 12 nights following 40 mg of flucortolone the previous morning, and a total of 6 nights with similar blood sampling when sleep was prevented (control nights awake).
(8) The amount of water, creatinine, electrolytes, proteins, and enzymes were higher during the day (up to three fold, p always less than 0.05), while equal amounts of amino acids were excreted in the day and the night period.
(9) Spotlight is still the favourite to win best picture A dinner in Beverly Hills was hosted in Spotlight’s honor on Sunday night.
(10) Assessments were made daily by patients, using visual analogue scales, of their pain levels at rest, at night and on activity, and of the limitation of their activity.
(11) The findings reported here suggest that if women nurse exclusively for the 1st half year, maintaining night nursing after introducing supplements is important.
(12) "I hope that he has the sleepless nights I have had for the past five weeks because my son sustained horrific injuries."
(13) He campaigned for a no vote and won handsomely, backed by more than 61%, before performing a striking U-turn on Thursday night, re-tabling the same austerity terms he had campaigned to defeat and which the voters rejected.
(14) One radio critic described Jacobs' late night Sunday show as a "tidying-up time, a time for wistfulness, melancholy, a recognition that there were once great things and great feelings in this world.
(15) Alternatively, try the Hawaii Fish O nights, every Friday from 26 July until the end of August, featuring a one-hour paddleboard lesson, followed by a fish-and-chip supper looking out over the waves you've just battled (£16.75).
(16) The subjects underwent a lumbar puncture and three nights of polysomnography.
(17) At 9.30am, ITV was at 69.2p, up 1.7% on last night's closing price.
(18) 12pm, Channel 4 press office: "I refer you to the statement put out last night."
(19) I haven't had to face anyone like the man who threatened to call the police when he decided his card had been cloned after sharing three bottles of wine with his wife, or the drunk woman who became violent and announced that she was a solicitor who was going to get this fucking place shut down – two customers Andrew had to deal with on the same night.
(20) All 17 candidates are going to be participating in debate night and I think that’s a wonderful opportunity Reince Priebus Republican party officials have defended the decision to limit participation, pointing out that the chasing pack will get a chance to debate separately before the main event.
Nightfall
Definition:
(n.) The close of the day.
Example Sentences:
(1) By nightfall, Admiralty had filled up with hundreds of protesters, many listening to music performances and speeches by protest leaders.
(2) By nightfall 10in (25cm) of snow had fallen just outside Philadelphia, while parts of New York City had 6in (15cm) and were expected to receive up to a foot of snow by Wednesday morning.
(3) By nightfall the Ukrainian forces were just 10 miles south of the city, bringing the two sides within artillery range of each other.
(4) By nightfall, search and recovery teams – which included around 30 ships and 15 aircraft from nine countries – had recovered a number of bodies, estimated at around 40, as well as more debris and some personal possessions, including a blue suitcase, unopened and undamaged.
(5) A small hollow will suddenly open up in the undergrowth to reveal a huddle of a dozen Afghans – often waiting till nightfall before making for Hungary.
(6) By nightfall, an incensed Lisa told an officer at a nearby police station that she intended to file a missing persons report, and said “the media is gonna be in here” unless Stephanie was freed within a half an hour.
(7) A rescue attempt on Friday was delayed by heavy bombardment and abandoned after nightfall, the UN peacekeeping chief, Hervé Ladsous, said.
(8) After nightfall, authorities could be heard issuing instructions on loudspeakers across the city, reminding residents a dusk-to-dawn curfew was in effect.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Squeeze’s hit Up the Junction It takes most of the afternoon to get to grips with the recording application that came with my computer, but by nightfall I have a basic demo, with guitar and two voices.
(10) Samir works seven days a week, from 8am until nightfall, earning 35 TL a week – a small fraction of the legal minimum wage.
(11) At nightfall, the policemen took Ruqayah, her sister and friend down to the communal cell under the police station where adult women detained on criminal charges – drug dealing, prostitution, violent crimes – were held.
(12) By nightfall, an eight-mile slick had slipped from its punctured tanks.
(13) John reluctantly headed to a deserted restaurant, waiting for nightfall so he could slip out of Bauchi unobserved.
(14) It was that dangerous twilight time, when the roads are swarming with villagers, their children, chickens, runaway piglets, wayward goats and workshy dogs, all dashing to get home before nightfall; drivers of vehicles without functioning lights or brakes career around potholes, also hurrying homewards.
(15) After nightfall in Mexico City, thousands stood outside their homes and in public places, holding candles.
(16) This led to the Hélène cycle, in which Audran as Hélène played a wife: adulterous in La Femme Infidèle and Les Noces Rouges (Wedding in Blood, 1973), put upon in La Rupture (1970) and betrayed in Juste Avant la Nuit (Just Before Nightfall, 1971).
(17) Photograph: AP By nightfall there were also reports of Isis forces moving towards the ethnically sensitive city of Kirkuk and consolidating positions throughout Nineveh province, which borders the Kurdish north and Arab centre of the country.
(18) It's a good river for spotting otters too, though you'll need to wait until nightfall.
(19) But one came in the form of a parade of young girls and sashaying boys shortly before nightfall, who made it their business to fill the intersection outside the now infamous burned CVS in West Baltimore with dancing.
(20) "I told the chief inspector personally that we wanted to leave before nightfall," Scott said.