dead of night

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Here, "your information and history are being removed in the dead of night," he told AFP.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

Ten months after the most mind-boggling trade in basketball history went down in the dead of night, only one thing is unsurprising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

We asked a former senior official, “How often does the president rehearse for the moment when they might be woken in the dead of night and asked to decide the fate of humanity?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Sometimes these turn up in the dead of night, around Europe's airports, including one in Belgium's main airport near Brussels earlier this month.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

What about issuing stickers printed with the words “This apostrophe is not necessary”? What about telling people to shin up ladders at dead of night with an apostrophe-shaped stencil and a tin of paint?

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author