dead of night
Example Sentences
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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
In the dead of night, he and his partner move quickly to roll out their cargo from a van.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025
Currently, exchanges and brokers use the dead of night to handle a host of rarely thought-of functions.
From Barron's • Oct. 23, 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
Awaking in the dead of night, I opened my eyes on her disk—silver-white and crystal clear.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
