How to Use first night in a Sentence
first night
noun-
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 -
The first night, the recruits lined up to get their heads shaved.
— Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 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 -
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 -
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 -
The first night, the sleepers were placed in mostly dark rooms.
— Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Apr. 2022 -
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 | Bflanagan@al.com, 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 -
Yet, nothing prepared him for his first night game in the Swamp.
— Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022 -
The Monarchs earn a 3-2 victory the first night; the Bananas win by a point the next.
— Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022 -
This win comes for her after claiming two medals on the first night of the World Cup.
— Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 -
The first night of Cannes always opens with a festive French awards show.
— Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 17 May 2022 -
The first night, the dog escaped and caused some destruction.
— Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2021 -
Just before the first night of Hanukkah, Alexander Chack made latkes.
— Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 30 Nov. 2021 -
Styles opened his first night of the Love On Tour concert series with a bang.
— Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023 -
Gera MX will be in charge of bringing rap to the festival first night.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2023 -
On the tour’s first night in the city, an attendee had died shortly before Swift took the stage.
— Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024 -
Thin mist from his first night home from the hospital still haunts us.
— Elizabeth Metzger, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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