wee hours

Example Sentences

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In no time, there were conga lines and limbo contests, and by the wee hours, someone always ended up at the emergency room and at least one marriage was in peril.

From The Wall Street Journal

She recalls crossing the border from her hometown in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in the wee hours of the morning to McAllen or Brownsville in Texas to score primo deals at the big-box stores.

From Los Angeles Times

If only to keep living it the best we can, but far too burnt to party in earnest into the wee hours.

From Salon

A chill had moved into the room, slowly replacing the bluster of revelers over the wee hours.

From Salon

Meetings with employees often stretched into the wee hours of the morning as they brainstormed ways to make Grok, its artificial intelligence, go viral, according to former executives and people who worked with him.

From The Wall Street Journal