nighttime
the time between evening and morning.
occurring, done, presented, etc., during the night, especially the hours before midnight.
Origin of nighttime
1- Compare daytime.
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How to use nighttime in a sentence
Holmes: "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
Electricity has yet to be restored to downtown Tacloban and night-time shootings and ransacking have been reported in the area.
Typhoon Haiyan Tacloban Leaders Calls on Rebels to Avoid Armed Violence | The Telegraph | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the night-time raid on the flotilla was a harder PR battle.
In Ribbleton-lane there is an old barn, still standing, wherein mass used to be said at night-time.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusLeonore was to spend several more days in bed and therefore she was to have a nurse who could also take care of her at night-time.
Maezli | Johanna Spyri
What right had any one to know even what picture of Pauline burned upon his wall in the night-time?
Plashers Mead | Compton MackenzieI do not believe in ghosts, but yet at night-time I own to being somewhat apprehensive of their appearance.
Till night-time Litvinov did not leave his room; God knows whether he was expecting anything.
Smoke | Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich
British Dictionary definitions for night-time
the time from sunset to sunrise; night as distinct from day
(as modifier): a night-time prowler
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