Explore Nocturnal through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like diurnal or period. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nocturnal meaning
- Primarily active during the night.
- Taking place at night, nightly.
Using Nocturnal
- The main meaning on this page is: Primarily active during the night. | Taking place at night, nightly.
- Useful related words include: diurnal, time period, period of time, period.
- In the example corpus, nocturnal often appears in combinations such as: the nocturnal, are nocturnal, nocturnal animals.
Context around Nocturnal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nocturnal
- In this selection, "nocturnal" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, roadways, non, fledged, animals, activities and wildlife stand out and add context to how "nocturnal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a ferocious nocturnal mini hunter and and non nocturnal wildlife can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nocturnal" sits close to words such as affirmation, ailment and alerting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nocturnal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Your whole existence changes and you become nocturnal. (8 words)
What then of the nocturnal activities of wildlife watchers or stargazers? (11 words)
They are nocturnal hunters and prefer hidden areas that are rarely disturbed, Brown said. (14 words)
Though they afforded him the drama of pretence by allowing him to preside over civilian functions such as attending a graduation ceremony as a chancellor of the Zimbabwe Open University, the nocturnal characters had already taken charge. (37 words)
From steamy duets to eerie nocturnal interludes, the choreography leverages both the grace and gusto of its dancers to illustrate how human beauty can readily shape shift, often doing so within its most hallowed church halls. (36 words)
Bar & Café is the cream of the nightlife sector and post the lounging hours, the bar section of this space develops into a full-fledged nocturnal hotspot that serves unique and delectable Middle-Eastern spread. (35 words)
What then of the nocturnal activities of wildlife watchers or stargazers? (11 words)
Example sentences (20)
Watch out for animals on the roadways, nocturnal animals can awaken, and non-nocturnal wildlife can be looking to bed down.
The belief that they are nocturnal apparently comes from the habits of bears that live near humans, which engage in some nocturnal activities, such as raiding trash cans or crops while avoiding humans.
The sloth bear of Asia is the most nocturnal of the bears, but this varies by individual, and females with cubs are often diurnal to avoid competition with males and nocturnal predators.
Animals can become stressed through constant handling, birds of prey are chained to perches and nocturnal species are made to interact with visitors throughout the day, she said.
At Can Can's swanky new soirée, sparkly performers will "escape into nocturnal revelry" with a song-and-dance performance set to a psychedelic soundscape.
Bar & Café is the cream of the nightlife sector and post the lounging hours, the bar section of this space develops into a full-fledged nocturnal hotspot that serves unique and delectable Middle-Eastern spread.
For the Capital Kiwi project, the birds are feted at a dawn Maori ceremony, giving locals a chance to see them before they slip into their nocturnal lifestyle.
From steamy duets to eerie nocturnal interludes, the choreography leverages both the grace and gusto of its dancers to illustrate how human beauty can readily shape shift, often doing so within its most hallowed church halls.
Since they’re nocturnal, nearly all of my boat-billed heron videos are in black and white.
Sitting out under the Costa Rican starry sky as the nocturnal animals come out to serenade the night while catching up with loved ones.
The nocturnal critters can be bitten by venomous snakes and it won’t kill them.
The noise quandary transcends the beach, infiltrating city entertainment establishments that receive flak for discordant music disturbing the peace during nocturnal hours.
There were workshops on home cultivation and DNA sequencing, and nocturnal mushroom safaris, using special UV torches that cause wild fungi to glow in the dark.
The wraparound spider has been described as a "ferocious nocturnal mini-hunter", and is a master of disguise.
They are nocturnal hunters and prefer hidden areas that are rarely disturbed, Brown said.
Though they afforded him the drama of pretence by allowing him to preside over civilian functions such as attending a graduation ceremony as a chancellor of the Zimbabwe Open University, the nocturnal characters had already taken charge.
Unlike daytime friends who have a habit of causing a ruckus, these nocturnal pals won’t get you any noise complaints, as no one else is able to hear them.
What then of the nocturnal activities of wildlife watchers or stargazers?
With the progression of the nocturnal period, cloud free skies from last evening have given way to a fairly high coverage of stable and flat cloud cover over the waters and adjacent windward zones.
Your whole existence changes and you become nocturnal.
Common combinations with nocturnal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the nocturnal 14×
- are nocturnal 13×
- nocturnal animals 8×
- nocturnal and 8×
- and nocturnal 7×
- of nocturnal 7×
- nocturnal species 6×
- is nocturnal 6×
- these nocturnal 5×
- in nocturnal 5×