red-eye

Example Sentences

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United Airlines has scrapped some red-eye and midweek flights, while Air France is charging business class passengers more to offset the fuel burden of their heavier seats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Coco came in and had to be at the airport in two hours for a red-eye to New York.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

This week, he has embraced home comforts and accepted the adulation, from his red-eye Monday practice round through to being roared on by thousands on the 72nd hole.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

Good thing: Though he’s in town to shoot a performance for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” he’s booked on a red-eye flight to Tampa tomorrow for a stadium gig with Wallen the following night.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024

Margaret called each member of the Gey lab’s staff, including a postdoctoral student who’d just flown in on a red-eye from Europe.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot