by night
idiom
: at night : during the night
New York by night is very different from New York by day.
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These people dress for the beach by day and for the club by night.
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 July 2025
Shapiro chronicles the couple’s reach, as Putnam stamped Amelia’s imprimatur onto (white) American womanhood, a prototype still among us: role model for younger women, professional and practical, efficient by day, elegant by night.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
All 177 rooms and suites have either private balconies or patios, including 16 suites with expansive terraces, for taking in the breathtaking mountain views by day and chasing stars under clear desert skies by night.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
They’re made to live as subjects of revulsion by day and secret objects of desire by night, all while risking sudden turns toward brutality born from vulnerable self-loathing.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 May 2025
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 July 2025
Shapiro chronicles the couple’s reach, as Putnam stamped Amelia’s imprimatur onto (white) American womanhood, a prototype still among us: role model for younger women, professional and practical, efficient by day, elegant by night.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
All 177 rooms and suites have either private balconies or patios, including 16 suites with expansive terraces, for taking in the breathtaking mountain views by day and chasing stars under clear desert skies by night.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
They’re made to live as subjects of revulsion by day and secret objects of desire by night, all while risking sudden turns toward brutality born from vulnerable self-loathing.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for by night
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“By night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20night. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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