red-eye

Example Sentences

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My red-eye from London to Hanoi landed at 1:35 in the afternoon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The remaining one is now being shown everywhere – a shocked Andrew leaning back on a car seat, his eyes reflecting the photographers' flashes at night in what's known as the red-eye effect.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

It started red-eye flights to get more use out of its planes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

All of us in our sweatpants and our sweatshirts, dressed as if we were waiting for a red-eye flight that would take us somewhere beautiful.

From Slate • May 18, 2024

After the first Friday, a bone-weary Ernest Lawrence boarded a red-eye flight west for a few days at Balboa and was back in the air two days later for another grueling week.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik