dead of night
Example Sentences
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The BBC's Katie Razzall reports from outside the museum as the 70-metre long embroidery arrives in the dead of night.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Scott McKenna will wake up in the dead of night for the rest of his days after this.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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
We asked a former senior official, “How often does the president rehearse for the moment when they might be woken in the dead of night and asked to decide the fate of humanity?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
The stranger who had pursued me down Maxwell Street in the dead of night, after emerging from this very building, had certainly been real.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
