witching hour
Example Sentences
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Dusk is the witching hour at Accra Zoo.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2023
It was approaching 10 p.m., the witching hour when the hotel’s restaurant, like those throughout the city, is required to close in compliance with restrictions imposed because of the countrywide rise in coronavirus cases.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
Speaking of midnight, that seemed to be the witching hour for most of the guests, who were heading off to even more exclusive, no-press-allowed parties held by Madonna and Jay-Z.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2020
As Farage conducted a countdown to the witching hour, he ventured some wild “we happy few” Shakespearean claims about the significance of the moment in our island history.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 1, 2020
Perhaps, she told herself, this was what they called the witching hour.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
