small hours

Example Sentences

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You may not find yourself staying up late to finish it, but odds are, you’ll find yourself lying awake in the small hours, turning it over and over in your mind.

From Washington Post

Yet many lights are used in ways — unshielded and shining into the sky, blazing over empty parking lots through the wee small hours — that serve little purpose.

From Washington Post

"On nights you stay in Wellington, you're probably still going to be up at daybreak and then maybe working to the wee small hours."

From BBC

Afghan, Indian, Iranian and Pakistani nationals were aboard the dinghy, which left the French coast in the small hours of the morning, the refugee said.

From Reuters

Many will worship all night, traveling by foot, lit candles in hand, from one church to the next until the small hours of morning.

From New York Times