dark hours

Example Sentences

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Tens of thousands of demonstrators spent the night outside Tbilisi's parliament building, dancing as it rained through the dark hours.

From BBC • May 13, 2024

And in the dark hours of Thursday morning, as the police cracked down on the protests, those faculty members were linking arms with students, allowing themselves to be arrested.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

Fish and Korda began their day in the wee dark hours, both rising early to watch Sebastian Korda — Nelly’s brother — win his match at the Australian Open.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023

Ireland, his mother and her pet pit bull, Sarah, have been living out of her 2007 Toyota Camry since the quake jolted them awake in the early dark hours of Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022

In the first dark hours of the morning the sky was black and the stars hard and bright.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers