in the night
While stars shine
In the night refers to the dark hours between evening and morning, often emphasizing the time's quietness or secrecy: The thieves came in the night.
It carries a slightly more literary or dramatic tone than "at night," suggesting events that happen while others sleep or remain unaware: She slipped away in the night.
- witching hourTime of supernatural activity
- small hoursPeriod after midnight
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- moonNatural planetary satellite
- twilightLight after sunset
dusk · prowl · bat · moonlight · howl · hush · stargazing · crickets · fireflies · silence · starlight · under the stars · starry sky · clandestine · mystery · aurora borealis · shadows · solitude
visibility/illumination
in the nightin broad daylight
Plainly visible to all
in full view · under the sun · in the open · out in the open · in plain sight
night, nightfall, nighttime, overnight, nightly, nights, nightingale, nightshade, nightless