nightlong
1 of 2adjective
night·long ˈnīt-ˌlȯŋ 
: lasting the whole night
nightlong festivities
nightlong
2 of 2adverb
night·long ˈnīt-ˈlȯŋ
: through the whole night
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
David S. Cloud, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 Yet home plate umpire Laz Diaz, whose strike zone proved a nightlong source of agitation for the Sox, deemed it a ball. BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2021 The interlude lasts for nearly two uninterrupted minutes while Marie, played by Zendaya, sinks sorrowfully into a bathtub, and Malcolm, played by John David Washington, refills his glass of Scotch and prepares for their nightlong argument to resume. Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021 Of a nightlong battle between government forces and local militia fighters in a nearby town and its aftermath, when soldiers returning to collect their dead stormed into nearby homes, firing indiscriminately. New York Times, 19 Mar. 2021 In the movie, written and directed by Levinson, a filmmaker named Malcolm (Washington) and his girlfriend, Marie (Zendaya), get into a nightlong argument after his movie premiere. New York Times, 21 Feb. 2021 After a nightlong struggle, contractors resorted to a diamond cutter to slice through a metal base securing his statue to a pedestal that towers more than 100 feet over a downtown square along Calhoun Street. BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2020 After a nightlong struggle to dislodge it, city crews were still working after daybreak to lift the statue from a pedestal that towers over a downtown square along Calhoun Street. Meg Kinnard, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2020 In 2012, a mob armed with guns and grenades launched a fiery nightlong attack on a US diplomatic outpost and a CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, killing US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019 See More
Adjective
The nightlong battle left 22 people dead and more than 100 injured, Iraqi authorities said. David S. Cloud, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 Yet home plate umpire Laz Diaz, whose strike zone proved a nightlong source of agitation for the Sox, deemed it a ball. BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2021 The interlude lasts for nearly two uninterrupted minutes while Marie, played by Zendaya, sinks sorrowfully into a bathtub, and Malcolm, played by John David Washington, refills his glass of Scotch and prepares for their nightlong argument to resume. Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021 Of a nightlong battle between government forces and local militia fighters in a nearby town and its aftermath, when soldiers returning to collect their dead stormed into nearby homes, firing indiscriminately. New York Times, 19 Mar. 2021 In the movie, written and directed by Levinson, a filmmaker named Malcolm (Washington) and his girlfriend, Marie (Zendaya), get into a nightlong argument after his movie premiere. New York Times, 21 Feb. 2021 After a nightlong struggle, contractors resorted to a diamond cutter to slice through a metal base securing his statue to a pedestal that towers more than 100 feet over a downtown square along Calhoun Street. BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2020 After a nightlong struggle to dislodge it, city crews were still working after daybreak to lift the statue from a pedestal that towers over a downtown square along Calhoun Street. Meg Kinnard, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2020 In 2012, a mob armed with guns and grenades launched a fiery nightlong attack on a US diplomatic outpost and a CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, killing US Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Adverb
14th century, in the meaning defined above