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
“It was in the wee small hours of the morning, as Mr. Sinatra says,” says the 27-year-old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
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
I knew better than to let that family pride get to simmering in Roxanne in the wee small hours of the night.
From Phyllis by Percy D. Johnson
