nighttime

[ nahyt-tahym ]

/ ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm /

the time between evening and morning.

occurring, done, presented, etc., during the night, especially the hours before midnight.

Compare daytime.

Origin of nighttime

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at night, time

A nighttime curfew that was imposed a few weeks ago seems barely enforced now—no doubt to the relief of the women at the Ramada.

Eastern Ukraine Braces for ‘Full-Scale War’ |Jamie Dettmer |November 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The city of Miran Shah, for example, was subjected to a nighttime curfew for years.

Obama’s Deadly Informants: The Drone Spotters of Pakistan |Umar Farooq, Syed Fakhar Kakakhel |November 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“Nighttime was the worst,” Bennett wrote in his autobiography.

Tony Bennett’s Nazi Hunting Past Is Just One Reason He’s the Greatest Living American |Asawin Suebsaeng |September 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was nighttime in Brooklyn in the middle of summer and the air conditioning in the bank was turned off.

Almost Famous: A Father's Day Story |Alex Belth |June 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

In short, not getting enough sleep is slowly killing us—and that nighttime preamble is certainly not helping.

‘Sleep Procrastination’ Is Real, and You Probably Do It |Charlotte Lytton |June 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And the forest lay very still and solemn and dark in the silence of the nighttime.

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table |Howard Pyle
The map was painted in green, packets flying unimpeded throughout the empty nighttime Market.

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town |Cory Doctorow
Antarctica wanted temperature lowered from a nighttime norm of 62° Fahrenheit to 57.6°.

It's All Yours |Sam Merwin
In fair weather as in foul, in blistering midsummer and blizzardy midwinter, daytime and nighttime, she followed him.

Local Color |Irvin S. Cobb
Yet another pleasure which he took was to lean out of the garret window at nighttime.

The Fat and the Thin |Emile Zola