dead of night
Example Sentences
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A big black crate being removed from a lorry in the dead of night may not sound that exciting but this is a historic moment - and BBC News was also there to witness it.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
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
Then in the dead of night the gods brought me ashore upon Ogygia into her hands.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
