night owl
Example Sentences
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Then the night owl can get out of bed and continue on with his or her evening.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Rick Miramontez is both a night owl and an early bird.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Early riser or night owl, everyone appreciates a good night's sleep.
From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024
He'd become such an early bird that he morphed into a night owl, a man resigned to a post-retirement inability to clock in more than four or five hours of rest.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023
He’d always been a night owl, and they were both happier when Adina got something almost like a full night of sleep.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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