Definition of Nocturnal

taking place at night

Examples of Nocturnal in a sentence

Bats are nocturnal creatures because they tend to be more active during the night hours.  🔊

Because I sleep all night, I do not consider myself to be a nocturnal person.  🔊

Jim is a nocturnal hunter who prefers to do his hunting in the evening.  🔊

Whenever Kate is awakened by a noise at night, she has to remember the presence of her nocturnal cat.  🔊

The thieves planned their nocturnal robbery for Wednesday night.  🔊

During our vacation, my husband and I enjoyed several nocturnal swims under the moonlight.  🔊

The festival’s nocturnal activities will begin at sunset.  🔊

Because Eric and Grace are having a nocturnal wedding, they will exchange vows on Saturday evening at nine o’clock.  🔊

The soldiers wear night-vision goggles during nocturnal missions.  🔊

When Mike slept over in the haunted house, he could not sleep because the nocturnal noises kept him awake.  🔊

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