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
Standing over the new grave, in the solemn hush of night, the priest murmured: “I am the resurrection and the life.”
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
With the hush of night the breeze died into stillness until scarce a leaf of the weather-beaten poplars stirred.
From Flood Tide by Bassett, Sara Ware
