small hours

Example Sentences

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Users of Duolingo noticed that Leo, already a polyglot, was using the app in the small hours to study German.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Savage added that this joy in the face of institutional indifference to our suffering, our dancing into the small hours of the night, was indispensable for establishing political force and pushback during the AIDs crisis.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2025

By the mid-90s, Nightingale was presenting The Chill Out Zone, in which she featured dance music in the small hours.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

Intensive sessions with all sorts of delegates went well into the small hours of Wednesday morning after the conference presidency’s initial document angered many countries by avoiding decisive calls for action on curbing warming.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Desperation could be found much closer to hand—as close as the kitchen, where William stood alone in the small hours, brewing his pots of coffee.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield