How to Use first night in a Sentence

first night

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  • The first night, the woman and I hook up at The Yale Club.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The first night in the dark, cold barrack of the Alamo was the hardest.
    — USA Today, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Her first night on the job in 1983 came with a whiff of stage fright.
    — Lenny Megliola, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022
  • At the end of his first night in town, Hinch checked his phone.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The first night, the recruits lined up to get their heads shaved.
    — Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The draw was the first night baseball game in New York City.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Both sides were playing on the first night of a back-to-back.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • The Hillbillies closed out the first night on a high note.
    — Cierra Black, Essence, 12 Nov. 2023
  • This year, the first night of Hanukkah falls on Wednesday, Dec. 25.
    — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Brooks’ Rockets are in town on Dec. 5 — the first night of a spicy back-to-back.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Here’s the other thing about that first night in St. Louis.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2021
  • While the first crew night was tame, the first night of charter is less so.
    — Emma Soren, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The memory of the first night of the show’s taping was still vivid.
    — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The event marks the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 28 Nov. 2021
  • The rhythm of the Olympics is that all the fears fall away after the first night and the party begins.
    — NBC News, 27 July 2024
  • So Rams fans are eager to see what Snead will do on the first night of the draft.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • That’s down from the 18.7 million who watched Biden’s first night.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The first night, the sleepers were placed in mostly dark rooms.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Apr. 2022
  • But on her first night at the teacher’s home, the girl woke up to Shipps fondling her.
    — Sara Coello, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
  • His final home game, a 17-14 loss to East Catholic, was the school’s first night game.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Lows will range from the upper 20s to the lower to mid-30s for the first night of Blink Cincinnati.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The Orioles made three selections on the first night of the 2024 MLB draft.
    — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
  • By the end of that first night, she’s sent Ivan home with her number in his phone.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 May 2024
  • But that first night in Boulder changed things for him.
    — Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 11 May 2024
  • But did Kaleb Kim walk away with a rose during the first night in the mansion?
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 27 June 2023
  • Her first night there, the two got in an argument about the state of the apartment.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Police and civilians faced off the first night and the second.
    — Samira Said and Sara Sidner, CNN, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Yet, nothing prepared him for his first night game in the Swamp.
    — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
  • But on his first night at his Mid-City foster home, Scrim escaped.
    — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Pope Francis had a quiet first night in the hospital over the weekend.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2025

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