first night
Example Sentences
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It is more cost-effective to spend the first night in New York rather than get to Boston very late and pay a higher hotel cost.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
The drippings, on that first night, don’t go to waste: they’re coaxed into something worthy of the occasion, slicked over potatoes or spooned onto rice, greener and more herb-laced than you might expect.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Injured on the first night of the battle, he was resting in the pouring rain beneath a tree when Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman found him.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
"We found it the first night, and it completely changed our plans for the course," Ji said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
The first night on the train I couldn’t sleep for my excitement; the third night, I couldn’t sleep for the smell and the din.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
