wee hours
Example Sentences
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We checked into our hotel during the wee hours of the morning, all of us tired, slightly unkempt and desperately in need of a warm shower.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 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
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
If this was indeed the case, it meant that in the wee hours of the morning Hall and Hansen—perhaps accompanied by Harris—were still struggling from the Hillary Step toward the South Summit through the gale.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
