wee small hours
Example Sentences
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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 • Feb. 1, 2023
"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 • Jan. 20, 2023
Whether you're reading this with your morning coffee, just after lunch, or on the late shift in the wee small hours of the morning, it's 100 seconds to midnight.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2020
The Mail front page carrying this unproven and since denied allegation dropped around 10pm, then British Twitter stayed up laughing about the #BaeOfPigs until the wee small hours.
From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2019
The night wore on to the wee small hours, when a loud noise like a cannon startled Mrs. Rosenberg; or was she dreaming?
From Dotty Dimple at Play by May, Sophie
