wee hours
Example Sentences
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Open titlist, called the evening “completely insane” and said finding her best tennis in the wee hours of the morning was difficult.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Daily Monitor said on X that the newspaper and its fellow outlets were ordered to close "in a crackdown during the wee hours of Sunday".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Some people, like Anna Shilanski, are choosing to spend their nights underground to avoid having to wake up and rush downstairs when air raid sirens wail in the wee hours.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
Traitors are often awake until the wee hours filming turret scenes.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 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
