graveyard shift

Example Sentences

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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

I also hadn’t done my hearing any favors by working the graveyard shift at a nightclub during college—eight uninterrupted hours at a stretch of noise exposure that vastly exceeded safe levels.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

The company cancelled the graveyard shift and evacuated most staff out of an “abundance of caution.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

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