under (the) cover of darkness/night
idiom
: in the dark : at night
The crime was committed under (the) cover of darkness/night.
Examples of under (the) cover of darkness/night in a Sentence
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The film opens with a flashback to another young nun attempting to escape the convent under cover of night and then having her legs broken against the steel bars of the gate by a group of mysterious figures.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
The mission was carried out under the cover of darkness as 80% of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince is controlled by criminal gangs in open rebellion against the government.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2024
Gordon seeks this in the park, under cover of night or on the street, with passing strangers.
—Rumaan Alam, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Then it was all gone in one night when the Mayflower trucks left under the cover of darkness.
—Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
Creeping through the forests of Thailand, the nocturnal predator hunts under the cover of darkness.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
That deployment, however, took place via helicopters under the cover of darkness, leading some observers to believe that the aircraft and military personnel were testing the ability to land at the international airport.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
Early on Monday, April 1, Israeli troops withdrew under the cover of darkness, ending the siege.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
In 2021, after Beijing imposed a sweeping National Security Law on Hong Kong to ban sedition, secession and subversion, the university removed the statue under the cover of darkness and placed it in storage.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
The mission was carried out under the cover of darkness as 80% of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince is controlled by criminal gangs in open rebellion against the government.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2024
Gordon seeks this in the park, under cover of night or on the street, with passing strangers.
—Rumaan Alam, New York Times, 21 May 2024
Then it was all gone in one night when the Mayflower trucks left under the cover of darkness.
—Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
Creeping through the forests of Thailand, the nocturnal predator hunts under the cover of darkness.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
That deployment, however, took place via helicopters under the cover of darkness, leading some observers to believe that the aircraft and military personnel were testing the ability to land at the international airport.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2024
Early on Monday, April 1, Israeli troops withdrew under the cover of darkness, ending the siege.
—Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
In 2021, after Beijing imposed a sweeping National Security Law on Hong Kong to ban sedition, secession and subversion, the university removed the statue under the cover of darkness and placed it in storage.
—Oscar Holland, CNN, 20 Mar. 2024
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