hush of night
Example Sentences
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Yowling from various cats in different registers can often punctuate the hush of night, especially during mating season.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024
One 15-year-old said that five of his friends had already made it to Italy after perilous sea journeys that started in the hush of night.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
I turned and walked out of the honey house, into the warm hush of night.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
But when the Holy Babe was born In the deep hush of night, It seemed as if a Sabbath morn Had come with sacred light.
From Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse by Robert Haven Schauffler
When they listen to the streamlet, that makes audible melody only in the hush of night, do they not answer to it from their leafy perch?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859 by Various
