How to Use opening night in a Sentence

opening night

noun
  • But opening night proved them all wrong.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
  • On opening night, the club was packed.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Check out Baz’s full piece on the opening night here.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • Could one of them go before opening night?
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That faded by opening night this past fall.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • Here are the songs performed on opening night.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Then opening night happened, and there was some switch.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These are the songs that made the setlist on opening night in Austin.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The Raiders entered the opening night of the draft on the clock.
    — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Another ball was placed on the counter — an opening night ball.
    — Charleen Richey, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • The aisles were spacious enough to handle the big opening night crowd.
    — Bettina Zilkha, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The decision might not come down to what makes the team best on opening night.
    — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But on opening night last week, the cosplay quotient was high among young and old.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
  • That’s 33 percent of your skaters on opening night.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Here are the biggest takeaways from the draft’s opening night.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But when the sun sets and opening night kicks off, vampires show up and cause havoc.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The award show's date marks the two-year anniversary of the tour's opening night.
    — Bryan West, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • About 100 people dined with them on opening night.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The couple stepped out together for the opening night of the show last week.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Sometimes weird things happen on opening night.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The couple stepped out together for the opening night of the show last week.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • With a week before opening night, that certainly looks to be the case.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • On her opening night, Megan added a bit of her own discography to the show.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Omega opened to a packed house with clients already buying up timepieces the opening night.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Tickets for opening night are $30.
    — Dan Kelly october 29, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, Larry wouldn’t live long beyond that opening night.
    — Michael Cuby, Them., 24 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the visuals just weren’t ready for opening night, so there was that factor, too.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024
  • By the sound check on opening night, both artists had been visibly nudged out of their comfort zones.
    — Joshua Barone, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
  • She's written it on my mirror every opening night.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • On opening night, there was plenty of seating available.
    — Kansas City Star, 29 Nov. 2025

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