Idiom
creature of the night
Meaning
A prostitute.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The city streets are full of creatures of the night.”
“The detective spent his evenings patrolling the dark alleys where the creatures of the night gathered.”
“In the shadows of the neon-lit district, the creatures of the night emerged to ply their trade as the rest of the city slept.”
Examples
simple
“The city streets are full of creatures of the night.”
contextual
“The detective spent his evenings patrolling the dark alleys where the creatures of the night gathered.”
complex
“In the shadows of the neon-lit district, the creatures of the night emerged to ply their trade as the rest of the city slept.”
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