witching hour
noun
midnight.
witching hours
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pluralof witching hour.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fittingly, Day made it in the witching hours after last year’s Niteharts Festival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Like many #MeToo stories, “Long Live Walter Jameson” is, as Serling describes it in his opening narration, “a nightmare, one not restricted to witching hours of dark, rainswept nights.”
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019
The vibe at this Columbia City haunt is very laid-back, perfect for hungry kids at the witching hours between 3-6 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2019
There is a silence to the witching hours, a calm that can be disarming, but it’s never been an eerie silence for me, even when I’ve been handling the dead.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2017
It always seemed to her then as if Nature, so beautiful during the day, borrowed additional charms from the witching hours of the night.
From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber
