(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.
Overnight
Definition:
(n.) The fore part of the night last past; the previous evening.
(adv.) In the fore part of the night last past; in the evening before; also, during the night; as, the candle will not last overnight.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eight-week-old virgin untreated female mice were induced to ovulate using equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and were then caged with males overnight.
(2) When I commiserate about the overnight flight that brought them here, Linney gives a wry grimace.
(3) Overnight sleep monitoring was performed immediately thereafter.
(4) • Criminal sanctions should be introduced for anyone who attempts to manipulate Libor by amending the Financial Services and Market Act to allow the FSA to prosecute manipulation of the rate • The new body that oversees the administration of Libor, replacing the BBA, should introduce a "code of conduct" that requires submissions to be corroborated by trade data • Libor is set by a panel of banks asked the price at which they expect to borrow over 15 periods, from overnight to 12 months, in 10 currencies.
(5) These findings indicate that in large-scale epidemiological studies, overnight specimens may be adequate for classifying individuals with regard to Na and K intake.
(6) My scepticism has not vanished overnight and I cannot help but still be haunted by certain fears.
(7) From the existing data, 2 g deferoxamine administration intraperitoneally three times per week in the overnight exchange appears to provide the maximum aluminum removal for minimum deferoxamine dosage.
(8) Newly diagnosed, previously untreated patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (n = 6) were studied on two separate days after overnight fasts.
(9) Timed overnight or first-morning urine may be recommendable as a sample for determination of microalbuminuria for screening of clinical diabetic nephropathy.
(10) The MAST CLA system assay protocol consists of three steps: overnight incubation of serum, a 4-h incubation with enzyme-labeled antibody, and a 30-min chemiluminescent reaction, which produces a visible image (immunograph) on high-speed Polaroid instant film.
(11) To determine what effect higher nocturnal STC would have in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on overnight lung function, oxygen saturation, and sleep quality, two different theophylline products were used to give higher or lower STC during the night.
(12) They must also instruct patients not to wear extended wear lenses longer than 7 days at a time and to allow for an overnight respite from lens wear after this period of use.
(13) The author investigated postural change of respiratory function in 12 patients with myotonic dystrophy (MYD), and 7 patients with limb-girdle dystrophy (LG) and overnight polysomnography was performed on 10 patients with MYD and 5 patients with LG.
(14) Studies were conducted overnight during the subject's normal sleep period.
(15) There were no intergroup differences in intragastric hydrogen ion (H+) activity after meals, overnight, and over 24 hours, when all subjects received placebo.
(16) Quinidine gluconate 324 mg sustained release tablets (Quinaglute) was administered as a single dose to 15 healthy male subjects following an overnight fast, immediately following a high fat (HF) breakfast or immediately following a low fat (LF) breakfast.
(17) Tablets were given 30 min after 15 mg propantheline, 10 mg metoclopramine or a placebo tablet, and following an overnight fast.
(18) Despite her own success in that arena arriving seemingly overnight, Debicki rarely sets foot in LA.
(19) After an overnight fast, luminal and tissue mucin antibody reactivities were determined in the rat stomach, colon and small intestine.
(20) In addition, measurements of height, weight, and overnight arterial oxygen saturation were made.