wee hours
Example Sentences
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After beating Mexico on Monday, the Americans stayed in their clubhouse chatting until the wee hours of the morning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Some people, like Anna Shilanski, are choosing to spend their nights underground to avoid having to wake up and rush downstairs when air raid sirens wail in the wee hours.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
Traitors are often awake until the wee hours filming turret scenes.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
Second, it could shape what lessons other countries—friends and foes—take from Operation Absolute Resolve, the quite large and impressive military action that unfolded in the wee hours on Saturday.
From Slate • Jan. 5, 2026
In the wee hours of morning, he gave up and left to stalk other parts of the mountains.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
