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
A hush like the hush of night fell upon the people; and in this curious and impressive lull the white-robed man turned slowly round facing the congregation.
From The Mystics A Novel by Thurston, Katherine Cecil
In the hush of night it came as snow-flakes fall from the heavens.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 by Various
