nocturnal

Example Sentences

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By mid-2016, impressed by OpenAI’s talent roster, Dario had joined the lab, staying up late into the night with the famously nocturnal Brockman training AI agents to solve videogames.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

It follows 55-year-old Palestinian cab driver Hassan, played with warmth and subtlety by Ehab Salami, as he ferries passengers through the nocturnal streets of Berlin.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

As numbers fall, scientists say these night-time visits could hold vital clues to the nocturnal mammal's survival.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

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 • Dec. 12, 2025

“Lechuzas don’t hide in barns at night. Owls are nocturnal predators. You should know that. You’ve seen every animal documentary on the Nature Channel.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall