night
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
How often you will meet it
Rank 165 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 146,212 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.070% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside also: nighttime, dark
- a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
- the period spent sleeping I had a restless night
- the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit three nights later he collapsed
- darkness it vanished into the night
- a shortening of nightfall they worked from morning to night
night in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He looked out of my uncurtained window into the night.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Arch had had a hard time with old Jason the night before.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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Make haste, my son, the hour is waxing late, The night is cold, methinks our sheep await.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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That night there was a family dinner, and with the coffee his father turned and ordered fresh champagne opened.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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I dreamed I had one last night, and I intended to ask you at breakfast, but I was sound asleep.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1