How to Use overnight in a Sentence

overnight

1 of 4 adverb
  • Let the paint dry overnight.
  • He stayed overnight and went home the next day.
  • The novel made her famous overnight.
  • The bond doesn’t form overnight.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The bond doesn’t form overnight.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But not much will change overnight.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Chill at least 2 hours or overnight.
    — Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Wait 8 hours or leave to dry overnight.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 21 May 2026
  • Put the wings on a sheet tray in the fridge overnight.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Along with the cold front, the metro saw some light rain overnight.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The gap did not happen overnight.
    — Pete Muntean, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026
  • He will likely be held overnight.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The spots that seem to appear overnight.
    — Sonya Collins, SELF, 26 Feb. 2026
  • This man has been with our kids overnight for the fourth night this week.
    — Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Thaw overnight in the fridge and reheat.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Nothing about the land changed overnight.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The video went viral overnight.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
  • So nothing shuts off overnight.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But the backlog won’t clear overnight.
    — Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t go from 0 to 100 overnight.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Your body isn’t just resting overnight.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Knock-off versions cropped up overnight.
    — Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Set an alarm to check your blood sugar overnight.
    — Brandi Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Careers are built step by step, not overnight.
    — Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • This shift won’t happen overnight.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
  • These things don’t happen overnight.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Let the paste sit for a few hours or overnight if desired.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • Add enough olive oil to cover the herbs, then freeze overnight.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Close the oven door and let the paste sit for at least an hour and up to overnight.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Close the oven door and let the paste sit for at least an hour and up to overnight.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

overnight

2 of 4 adjective
  • The show was an overnight success.
  • They went on an overnight bus trip.
  • Overnight guests are not allowed in the dormitory.
  • This hasn’t been an overnight thing.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Want to be a great overnight guest?
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 15 Feb. 2026
  • There will up to two lanes closed for overnight hours.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2026
  • To be sure, the stock is well off its overnight lows.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The overnight low will be around 32.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This journey is not an overnight trip.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • An overnight serum changed my hair routine.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 23 May 2026
  • Rain chances in the evening with overnight lows around 46.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The overnight low will be near 44 as winds die down.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Some overnight storms could produce gusty winds.
    — Laura Bannon, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Clouds will linger throughout the overnight hours.
    — Adam Del Rosso, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Williams says the concerns about overnight trips are overblown.
    — Olivia Young, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Add these to salads, overnight oats, drinks, or desserts.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Kaye had been an overnight guest at the White House.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Kaye had been an overnight guest at the White House.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The key is keeping overnight oats low in sugar.
    — Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 12 June 2026
  • Sky has never put huge stock in overnight ratings.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Sky has never put huge stock in overnight ratings.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Sky has never put huge stock in overnight ratings.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The high will be 47, and the overnight low will be 28.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Top off your overnight oats with spices for enhanced flavor.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the overnight showers could be on the heavier side.
    — Rachael Jay, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Book a pre-night hotel stay after overnight flights.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The high will be near 68, with an overnight low around 50.
    — Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The threat of flooding is both a day and an overnight concern.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • His father worked with an overnight train service.
    — Sanat Pai Raikar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Fresh or dried fruit is the perfect topping for overnight oats.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 17 Apr. 2026

overnight

3 of 4 verb
  • Pots of soup and plates of cookies and overnight oats made by hands that are not mine.
    — Jen McGuire, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Sending your child to overnight camp can feel stressful at first.
    — Jackie Pilossoph, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Chill for several hours to overnight until firm, and then slice into 2-inch bars.
    — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 14 May 2014
  • While most amenities are open to the public, only overnight guests can enjoy the pool and the fitness center.
    — Terri Winefordner, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Never mind that just a few days ago, 007 killing machine Daniel Craig overnighted here.
    — Norma Meyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2019
  • There's a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms overnight Tuesday.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 25 June 2019
  • Adams first took the ocean-hugging overnight train to Cornwall to visit his favorite pig farmers and cheesemakers.
    — Christine Muhlke, Bon Appetit, 22 June 2017
  • With partly cloudy skies, overnight lows only dip to the midsummer-like upper 60s to mid-70s.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The company making Perkins’ ring had reopened and agreed to overnight the ring to the couple via FedEx.
    — Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2020
  • And then there are the teachers, whose own well-being has been tested by their school systems’ overnight transition to online instruction.
    — Jenny Anderson, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Add 2 tablespoons of chia seeds to your go-to overnight oats recipe to give it a nutritional punch while offering a thick consistency.
    — Kaitlyn Pirie, Good Housekeeping, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Castaway Bay is Cedar Point’s only overnight property open during the winter.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Police said Monday that security guards reported that overnight the window had been painted over.
    — NBC News, 19 Aug. 2019
  • And some will choose to overnight inside the preserve, at one of the wilderness lodges in the Kantishna area, a six-hour, 90-mile rough ride from the entrance.
    — Andrew Sessa, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Nelson said the Iditarod overnights the samples to a lab and receives results in 48 to 72 hours.
    — Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Dispatch News, 10 Oct. 2017
  • After overnighting in Spokane, we were taken by bus about 100 miles to Clarkston, Washington.
    — Dan Fellner, azcentral, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Wind chill temperatures could be as low as 10 degrees overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday morning in New Orleans.
    — Marie Simoneaux, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2018
  • Also mentioned was a June 7 overnight break-in at Dodd Camera that remained under investigation, after the front glass door was shattered and items removed.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, 9 July 2019
  • The incident has given her some trepidation about overnighting on a dive boat, but a finding of the fire’s cause would help combat that feeling, said Pinfold, who has dived from the Conception at least twice.
    — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Fed up, last week the Bullhead City attorney overnighted a letter to the social media behemoth, making a more official request for Facebook to do something.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 2 Mar. 2020
  • This video is showing Covariant’s robotic picking system operating (for over an hour at 10x speed) in a warehouse that handles logistics for a company called Obeta, which overnights orders of electrical supplies to electricians in Germany.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2020

overnight

4 of 4 noun
  • These overnights can be done with a guide or solo.
    — Sheeka Sanahori, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
  • No overnights at friends’ houses.
    — Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Pack up for a short getaway, even an overnight, if the mood hits.
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Rain winds down rapidly as the front passes in the overnight.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Chances of showers will linger into the evening and overnight as well.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 11 Apr. 2021
  • She and her infant were kept in a holding cell without a crib overnight.
    — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 20 Oct. 2022
  • But there’s plenty more to fill an afternoon or an overnight.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Rain appears to be mainly light this evening into the overnight.
    — Rachael Jay, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • Temps will drop to the low 50s overnight and showers are likely.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Before that, some shower and storm chances this evening into the overnight.
    — Washington Post, 14 June 2021
  • Or in the case of a quick overnight, perhaps that view is of a blue Walmart sign.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Showers and storms will clear out as the skies begin to clear through the evening and into the overnight.
    — Grant Gilmore, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Clouds may more notably increase late as a chance of rain approaches for the overnight.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • But to the surprise of many, Becca broke things off with him right before overnights.
    — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 15 June 2023
  • Winds diminish during the evening with mostly clear skies through the overnight.
    — Molly Robey, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Late stays and overnights will be woven into each itinerary, too.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 June 2026
  • Winds pick up as well, gusting near 25 mph from the west and northwest into the overnight.
    — Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021
  • After that, the dough can rest on the counter until ready to shape and proof — at least a few hours, but up to overnight is fine.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2021
  • Some require a full day of hiking or even an overnight, and others are just a short jaunt from the parking lot.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2023
  • In fact, spending an overnight in the ED rather than the wards may increase the risk of death.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Rain odds may end up being the best from evening into the overnight as storms to the south run this way and weaken in the process.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Sunny skies with a high near 61, followed by cloudy skies and an overnight low around 43.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The fog will likely linger through the overnight and into the morning, and may become more widespread.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Our first overnight is at Rotstockhütte, a rustic hut at the foot of the Schilthorn.
    — Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Crews will work throughout Tuesday evening and overnight again, the company said.
    — Brook Endale, The Enquirer, 14 June 2022
  • For someone who drives about 40 miles a day, the vehicle will likely charge in full overnight.
    — Ethan May, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Brittany was working a string of fourteen-hour overnight shifts when Boston’s schools closed.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Discrete supercells will be likely throughout the evening hours and will last into the overnight.
    — Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Back-to-back overnights left Greenwald exhausted and depressed.
    — Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Crafted from natural grain leather, the weekender-style bag can handle overnights or daily use.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025

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