nighthawk
Example Sentences
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Instead of a nightwatchman, they were calling him the "nighthawk".
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022
The qualities that make Seymour Hersh a first-rate reporter — his hustle, his wonkiness, his nighthawk drive to unearth a radioactive fact and then top that fact — make him a second-rate memoirist.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2018
Nightjars, a kind of nighthawk also known as goatsuckers, sat on the roads that had been baked by the day’s sun to stay warm in the chilly night.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 22, 2013
Photograph: Katherine Rose for the Observer Contrary to form, nighthawk DJ Mary Anne Hobbs won't be rolling into her new job fresh from a club, bass still ringing in her ears.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2012
Owls were flying this night, shrieking to start their prey, and a nighthawk made soft rhythmic whoops in the distance.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
