Usage examples for nocturnal
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By such means even the popular way of speaking of nocturnal visits made by the " vampire's ghost" is not so entirely unfounded as would appear at first sight, and the superstition is easily shown to be not altogether absurd, but to be based upon a small substructure of actual truth. – Modern Magic by Maximilian Schele de Vere
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I want to see if any of our possible suspects look as though they had been engaging in nocturnal journeys. – The Film Mystery by Arthur B. Reeve