dead of night
Example Sentences
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The work travelled across the Channel on the Eurotunnel before making its way to central London in the dead of night.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
A big black crate being removed from a lorry in the dead of night may not sound that exciting but this is a historic moment - and BBC News was also there to witness it.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ten months after the most mind-boggling trade in basketball history went down in the dead of night, only one thing is unsurprising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
Currently, exchanges and brokers use the dead of night to handle a host of rarely thought-of functions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
If he doesn’t, I’ll have no choice but to risk going to his house in the dead of night.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
