sleep before midnight
Example Sentences
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I’m a new mother — my baby is nearly 7 months old — so I went to sleep before midnight on New Year’s Eve and woke up at around 6 a.m. the next day.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
I believe that earlier sleep, before midnight, is better.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2016
At nine, the steady student went to bed, securing three good hours of sleep before midnight.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
She went to bed very early, knowing that the sleep before midnight is the renewing sleep, and she hemmed the day, night and morn, with prayer, to keep it from unraveling.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
In one sense, it is reasonable to conclude that an hour of sleep before midnight is worth more than an hour thereafter.
From Vitality Supreme by Bernarr Macfadden