nightscape

American  

[nahyt-skeyp] / ˈnaɪtˌskeɪp /

noun

1. a scene viewed at night, especially as represented in art.

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Example Sentences

That’s the night I took the photo that ran on New York magazine’s homepage when he won: He’s in Queens at night, a halal cart in the background, he’s moving through this blurry New York nightscape with a smile on his face.

From Slate

The difference is that while Sinatra’s voice remains omnipresent in modern life, “the ephemeral magic of Johnny Carson, who loomed just as large and swung just as mightily … no longer hums and flickers into nightscape ambiance.”

From Los Angeles Times

On his major-label debut, the rapper/singer’s gauzy, melodic flow plays peek-a-boo over nightscape beats, as if shrouded by a thin balcony curtain overlooking a sleeping city.

From Seattle Times

Prowling the outskirts of Mashhad on his motorcycle, Saeed is very much the dark prince of this city, with Martin Dirkov’s hypnotic drone of a score surging on the soundtrack and the brilliant nightscape of Mashhad shimmering behind him.

From Los Angeles Times

He’d probably say something like, “Make my day,” except that Gotham seems stuck in a perpetual, rain-streaked nightscape.

From Washington Post