sleep before midnight

Example Sentences

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I’m a new mother — my baby is nearly 7 months old — so I went to sleep before midnight on New Year’s Eve and woke up at around 6 a.m. the next day.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2022

I believe that earlier sleep, before midnight, is better.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2016

One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.

From Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Preston, Thomas

Beau′ty-sleep, the sleep before midnight, considered the most refreshing; Beau′ty-spot, a patch placed on the face to heighten or draw attention to a woman's beauty; a foil, or anything that emphasises beauty by contrast.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

And all the beauty sleep before midnight, they tell us.

From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie