nights
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of nights
before 900; Middle English nightes, Old English nihtes. See night, -s 1
Example Sentences
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Most Friday nights, she said, VCs host poker and pickleball games in Silicon Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Police would go on to learn that the pair attended two Elvis Presley tribute nights at the Northern Social Club near their homes in May.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
It was an interesting choice to describe a player who’d unravelled a few nights before, but it felt like the correct read.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
You see bigger artists playing just 10 cities, but doing multiple nights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
For three days we walked through the nights, stopping at daybreak to dig a new hiding spot to sleep away the day.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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