night-loving

Example Sentences

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Not all night-loving flowers have such brief lives.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2021

Numerous night-loving flowers in the gardens of the villas, and in the meadows around, whose cups were closed by day, now opened and exhaled their scent into the soft air.

From Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 by Dahn, Felix

Still there was Poppleby to go through, though not for several miles, which he tramped along, quietly enough, not meeting any one, but beginning to hear the sounds of the night-loving animals.

From The Carbonels by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

But, oh, the little land of peace and love That those night-loving wings had poised above,— Where was it gone?

From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry

After this addition the house would not contain the gay youngsters, so they migrated to the piazza and settled on the steps, like a flock of night-loving birds.

From Jo's Boys by Alcott, Louisa May