wee hours

1. see small hours.

Example Sentences

By the time he had reached Nairobi in the wee hours of the morning, Albert was dead.

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That is, until the wee hours of the morning when I heard something rumbling.

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After relaxing in her flat, sharing a bottle of wine, and talking into the wee hours, she coolly announces that “it’s time for bed.”

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Ever practical, Ellington, who composed mostly in wee hours after gigs, always wrote for the occasion and the players.

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This morning in the wee hours, following approval by the Senate on Thursday night, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted to claw back $9 billion in funding for foreign aid.

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Related Words

• dawning 
• daybreak 
• daylight 
• morning