wee hours
Example Sentences
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Earlier, in the wee hours of Sunday, the US space agency published an image taken by the Artemis crew, showing a distant Moon with the Orientale basin visible.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Traitors are often awake until the wee hours filming turret scenes.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
In the wee hours of an August morning, an artificial-intelligence project manager at Google loaded the newest creation from its DeepMind lab onto a platform that ranks AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Second, it could shape what lessons other countries—friends and foes—take from Operation Absolute Resolve, the quite large and impressive military action that unfolded in the wee hours on Saturday.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
“Me? What are you doing? Skulking around in the wee hours, bungling the staircase so as not to be heard.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
