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
Our train pulled into the rustic station in the wee small hours, and soon I had my first glimpse of the Canyon.
From I Married a Ranger by Smith, Dama Margaret
