Overnight means During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like long.

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Overnight in a sentence

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Overnight meaning

  1. During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
  2. In a very short (but unspecified) amount of time.

Synonyms of Overnight

nightlong all-night long

Example sentences (20)

AN arson investigation has been launched after three cars were set on fire on the same street in Belfast overnight.

An overnight missile barrage on the capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people, Ukrainian officials said Saturday.

And with 24/7 heart rate monitoring, sleep stage detection overnight, and a 10-day battery, you won't miss a beat.

A unused Catholic Church has become the target for an arsonist forcing an overnight emergency in Lake Illawarra.

A resident shared the disturbing footage of someone she claimed was trying to gain access to her car overnight.

A 15-year-old boy and a 23-year-old man have been stabbed to death overnight after an attack in North London.

After years and years of public indifference and ridicule, “Sexy Jarvis” and the band were suddenly an overnight success.

Building an SEO strategy is not an overnight plan, Lavidge highlighted, and it doesn’t necessarily work for every client.

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And those who can’t contain all of the just-add-water-fun can stay overnight at the only Lego-themed hotel in the Northeast.

According to the city's Daily Shelter & Overnight Service Usage webpage, a total of 9.090 people used its shelters on Monday.

A major road was closed for several hours overnight after a man was taken to hospital with a head injury.

Approximately 30,000 households remain without power on Saturday evening, with some expected to be without electricity overnight.

Both Lawan and Akpabio were made overnight candidates by the Supreme Court and lamented the more that they were elected senators.

A consultation is to be held on breakwaters and overnight berthing for sailors in the Sound of Iona.

After lunch, cyclists headed south through farmlands and rolling hills to overnight in Seneca Falls.

Amey is carrying out essential overnight repairs on the M90 Junction 4 southbound off-slip at Kelty.

As a result of temperatures dropping to below freezing overnight, water from a burst pipe has turned into treacherous patches of ice.

Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather says temperatures below -3C were seen in some areas overnight.

Becoming cloudy this evening with 30 per cent chance of rain showers or flurries changing to 30 per cent chance of flurries overnight.

A woman has been killed by the storm - which brought 'unprecedented' amounts of rain overnight.

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Common combinations with overnight

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overnight" in a sentence?
An example: "AN arson investigation has been launched after three cars were set on fire on the same street in Belfast overnight." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "overnight" from real English texts.
What does "overnight" mean?
Overnight means: During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.
What are synonyms of "overnight"?
Common synonyms of "overnight" include: nightlong, all-night, long.
How many example sentences with "overnight" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "overnight", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word overnight. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.