dead of night
Example Sentences
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"Reliable intelligence indicates that Aidaros Alzubidi and others have escaped in the dead of night," a statement from the coalition said, detailing a boat-and-plane journey from Aden to Abu Dhabi via Somaliland and Somalia.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 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
But in the dead of night, on 17 September, "the big moment" that she'd been waiting for finally arrived and Sana left her home first for Jordan, for biometric tests, and then for Durham.
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025
Then came a flash of light so bright that in the dead of night they could briefly see out their window the rocks and gullies of the San Gabriel foothills behind their house.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025
Whatever brought the eunuch here in the dead of night was not like to be good.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
