night
What is the Definition of night?
Noun:
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
- a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
- the period spent sleeping
- the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit
- darkness
- a shortening of nightfall
- the time between sunset and midnight
- Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx
How can I use night in a sentence?
The sun rose on the same tidy front gardens and lit up the brass number four on the Dursleys' front door; it crept into their living room, which was almost exactly the same as it had been on the night when Mr. Dursley had seen that fateful news report about the owls.
I could not help overhearing what you and Malfoy were saying — Bet you could, Ron muttered. — and you mustn't go wandering around the school at night, think of the points you will lose Gryffindor if you are caught, and you are bound to be.
There was no reason on earth that Professor McGonagall would accept for their being out of bed and creeping around the school in the dead of night, let alone being up the tallest astronomy tower, which was out-of-bounds except for classes.
All three of you will receive detentions — yes, you too, Mr. Longbottom, nothing gives you the right to walk around school at night, especially these days, it is very dangerous — and fifty points will be taken from Gryffindor.
He, Ron, and Hermione kept to themselves, working late into the night, trying to remember the ingredients in complicated potions, learn charms and spells by heart, memorize the dates of magical discoveries and goblin rebellions.