How to Use overnighter in a Sentence

overnighter

noun
  • He is on an overnighter.
  • You should pack an overnighter.
  • Overnighters will appreciate the area's fine hotels.
  • How many overnighters will be in your crew?
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For overnighters, the room holds a sofa with a pull-out bed and has its own bathroom.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The parrots are beloved overnighters here, and residents are on constant alert for poachers.
    — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Some facilities allow overnighters to tour the lantern rooms atop towers.
    — Erin Williams, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2019
  • Trains depart each morning and return in the evening, with a three-hour layover so it can be done as a day trip or an overnighter.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Some of these hikes are kid-friendly, while others will send you home with noodles for legs; most are day hikes, while a few offer the chance for an overnighter.
    — Lauren Matison, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2023
  • This classic pillow is really nice for front-country camping, overnighters, and even use in hostels.
    — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Whenever my family is looking for a quick overnighter, our first choice is always Monterey.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Another part establishes boundaries for field trips or overnighters.
    — Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Considering how overnighters are the norm in most agencies, such liberties are hardly available.
    — Karthik Srinivasan, Quartz India, 25 Dec. 2019
  • This means that those footsies won’t develop the malodorous aroma that haunts the bottoms of sleeping bags on long overnighters, even when worn for a few days in a row.
    — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • What was supposed to be a quick overnighter turned into a three-day nightmare, as heavy snow started to fall in the mountains, trapping their car on a remote forest road.
    — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2021
  • From burly, larger-volume packs that can transition into overnighters to fast-and-light minimalist packs, there’s a daypack for you on this list.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 July 2018
  • The postwar years were less kind to the hotel, as fewer overnighters arrived by train and more people chose watching television over frequenting nightclubs.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • At an overnighter earlier this month, a Madagascar snake named Julian, whose scales form a black and yellow patchwork with hints of green, was the star of the show.
    — Allison Bagley, Houston Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Other travelers especially love how well-organized these bags keep their luggage for every adventure from overnighters to week-long trips.
    — Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2024
  • Best Duffel Bag Deals Duffel bags are the perfect choice for overnighters, weekend trips, or as personal items on long flights.
    — Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The company will try and maintain much of its festival vibe at the overnighter, but traditional cornhole and other games and activities have been axed.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2020
  • But this dish, from Le Marche, in central Italy, required zero prep and had just as much flavor as — and way more texture than — my standard overnighters.
    — Alexandria Mott, House Beautiful, 12 Jan. 2010
  • On an overnighter in Oregon’s Wallowa Mountains this summer, my friends ditched their own filters and just used the Grayl instead.
    — Outside, 22 Nov. 2025
  • With high-density cushioning to minimize sore spots on longer hikes and superior sweat-wicking, their micro crew cushion is a must-have for day hikes and overnighters alike.
    — Emily Pennington, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2023
  • Just a quick drive (or stunning train ride) from Manhattan, this historic site is ideal for an extra-long day trip or a fun overnighter, with plenty of great places to eat, stay, and play along the way.
    — Juliet Izon, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In recent years, however, this shapeshifting town has slowly reinvented itself as a charming place to spend a day or two—with great restaurants, adorable boutique hotels for overnighters, and of course, plenty of witchy history.
    — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2018
  • At Del Valle, an overnighter costs $100 a night with a two-night minimum stay on weekends, the standard across Northern California.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Outfit the cavernous interior of that van with camper equipment that folds against the wall to fit the flying car in, then launch airborne day trips or overnighters to more distant parts of the mountain or forest inaccessible by ground vehicle.
    — New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
  • And with camping and road trips predicted to be just as popular next summer, RV rental company Outdoorsy is offering gift cards that cover any kind of a trip, from an overnighter to a weeklong escape.
    — Erin Riley, Outside Online, 11 Dec. 2020
  • For whatever reason, production has decided that bombshell dates should be overnighters this year — perhaps as a sort of low-grade Casa Amor — and sprang for a set of Alaskan Kings to accommodate a minimum of three sexy singles in one.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 4 June 2026

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