graveyard shift
Example Sentences
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I always did the graveyard shift: I worked for 54 years.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
He drove to Arizona from his native California after determining that no other streamer had taken the graveyard shift on the Guthrie beat, and he plans on streaming the residence deep into the night.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
The graveyard shift will become the domain of retail investors and specialized firms.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025
Long-time evening anchor Wolf Blitzer was also asked to move to the mornings and, in a certain light, Acosta's potential bump to the graveyard shift can be seen as an accommodation of that.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025
She grabs my arm outside the Skulls' barracks, where I was heading for a bit of rest before a graveyard shift on the wall.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
