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Examples of small hours in a Sentence
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The cars finish their practice in the wee small hours of the morning without any fans watching.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, revelers in Tel Aviv barely heard the last major Hamas volley – and those that did continued with the festivities until the small hours of the night.
—Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2024
In the small hours of the morning, CLOCK and BMAL1 are once again being made to renew the cycle.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
Trip home Fu last posted on Weibo in the small hours of April 11 Beijing time, on her way back to China.
—Yong Xiong, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images If your boss called you in the small hours of the morning with a pressing work question, you might be understandably frustrated.
—Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2023
Wine and champagne flowed, and jewelry was sold, into the small hours of the morning.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 1 July 2023
Most meteor showers are best after midnight, but this one is particularly elusive, peaking in the wee small hours just before dawn.
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 4 May 2023
Following all-night talks into the small hours of March 28, the European Parliament, the European Commission, and European Council of 27 member states agreed to the new trade defence tool, whose goal is to discourage economic coercion by other nations, including China.
—Mary Hui, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1717, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near small hours
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“Small hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/small%20hours. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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