spend the night
idiom
1
: to sleep for the night at a place
After the party she was too drunk to drive so she spent the night.
—often + atThey spent the night at her brother's.
2
: to stay with someone overnight and have sex with that person
—+ with
She spent the night with her boyfriend.
Examples of spend the night in a Sentence
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That June, his family took a road trip to Key West, stopping in Marathon to spend the night.
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Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
In Glenwood Springs, passengers disembark to spend the night at their choice of one of three hotels before reboarding in the morning to finish the trip to Moab.
—Ann Shields, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
There was a smaller library, for even more books; checkers, on especially tight deadlines, would spend the night on a cushion on the floor.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Terzić’s latest follows a group of high school students whose trip to Bulgaria is derailed when their bus breaks down, forcing them to spend the night in a remote, dilapidated hotel on the edge of the mountains.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
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Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
In Glenwood Springs, passengers disembark to spend the night at their choice of one of three hotels before reboarding in the morning to finish the trip to Moab.
—Ann Shields, AFAR Media, 26 Aug. 2025
There was a smaller library, for even more books; checkers, on especially tight deadlines, would spend the night on a cushion on the floor.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Terzić’s latest follows a group of high school students whose trip to Bulgaria is derailed when their bus breaks down, forcing them to spend the night in a remote, dilapidated hotel on the edge of the mountains.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spend the night
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“Spend the night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spend%20the%20night. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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