nocturnal
Example Sentences
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For much of it the spectacle was the substance: the crudeness, the nocturnal tweeting, the sheer stylistic novelty.
Mr. Scorsese makes his nocturnal vision pop with every glowing streetlight and every thick raindrop.
As numbers fall, scientists say these night-time visits could hold vital clues to the nocturnal mammal's survival.
From BBC
I would wake earlier, but I think in a past life I was a two-toed sloth or something because I’m nocturnal and I move very slowly.
From Los Angeles Times
“Ostriches,” said Alexander after some more time had passed, “are not nocturnal.”
From Literature
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