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Meanings of white night in English

A night without sleep.

Synonyms
Examples for "all-nighter"
Examples for "all-nighter"
1
He remains, despite his protests to the contrary, more all-nighter than prize fighter.
The Guardian
2
Nell had apparently decided not to pull an all-nighter this time.
The Diamond Age
3
We thought you were going to pull another all-nighter... steal another car, maybe.
Flawless
4
I crashed in the guest room, and Ted pulled an all-nighter.
The next to die
5
This is an all-nighter of a storm, if I know anything about it.
The Place Beyond the Winds
Usage of white night in English
1
In the faint moonlight and her white night-gown she was almost angelic.
The Head of the House of Coombe
2
Out in the white night came the short, sharp yap of a wolf.
The Lowest Rung / Together with The Hand on the Latch, St. Luke'...
3
She was in her white night-dress and the moon shone full upon her.
The Phantom Ship
4
Under it stood a tall Arab in a garment like a white night-shirt.
The Garden of Allah
5
The golden silk of your long tresses embroiders your white night-dress.
The Choice of Life
6
And Sister Helen Vincula laid the little white night-gown across the lady's lap.
Somebody's Little Girl
7
It increases, is wet and clogging, and makes a white night of midday.
The Land of Little Rain
8
I can't say that he looked much like one in his white night-cap.
The Three Lieutenants
9
Ann Lizy, a piteous little figure in her white night-gown, stood in the door.
Young Lucretia and Other Stories
10
Now and then a large white night-moth flitted through the dusk of the forest.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 6
11
It was a perfect white night, as they call it.
The Second Jungle Book
12
Through the white night his hands reached for her, found her, drew her close.
The Abandoned Room
13
Rilla had a " white night" and did not fall asleep until late.
Rilla of Ingleside
14
Hand in hand; looking outward through the white night-mists.
Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida / Selected from the Works of Ou...
15
Human leader and animals were oblivious to MacVeigh, silent and staring in the white night.
Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
16
Advancing toward him down the hall was a figure clad in a flowing white night-robe.
God's Country—And the Woman
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