Nightly has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The policeman was on his usual nightly round. | |
| 2. | The orchestra plays nightly the whole night through. | |
| 3. | But day does daily draw my sorrows longer, and night does nightly make grief's length seem longer. | |
| 4. | When the full moon, gleaming silver, rises over the horizon, it seems significantly larger than when it has progressed farther on its nightly path, standing high in the heavens. Amazingly, this is an optical illusion. | |
| 5. | When I was a kid, there'd be nightly arguments about whose turn it was to wash up. | |
| 6. | You are at liberty to preserve your secret, but you must promise me that there shall be no more nightly visits, no more doings which are kept from my knowledge. | |
| 7. | Stray dogs used to be a common nightly problem in Algiers. | |
| 8. | A nightly gathering of thousands of birds called a “murmuration” has captured the attention of entertainment-starved people in Northern California. |