wee hours
Example Sentences
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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
I’ve written previously about how the stereotypical “get rich quick” crypto bro — living in his parents’ basement, gaming into the wee hours — doesn’t exactly align with the data.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 22, 2025
“Me? What are you doing? Skulking around in the wee hours, bungling the staircase so as not to be heard.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
