How to Use midnight in a Sentence

midnight

noun
  • The clock has struck midnight and the vinyl has been pressed.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 2022-10-21
  • But a greasy bag of fast food tacos doesn’t have to be your go-to midnight meal.
    — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 2022-03-04
  • In which city is a giant pine cone dropped at midnight to ring in the new year?
    — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 2024-12-13
  • The event will be free and open to the public from 3pm to midnight.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 2024-11-04
  • Love ‘em all, but, unlike this year, the clock strikes midnight on them too soon.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 2021-03-21
  • The game resets with a new song at midnight local time.
    — Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Last-minute dash to the grocery store before the clock strikes midnight?
    — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 2022-01-01
  • The event’s free to attend and runs from 11 a.m. to midnight.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 2023-04-22
  • The bystander video shows Brown walking her dog on the beach around midnight.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 2021-08-30
  • The stripes were made of clear crystals, which shone in the dark stadium like midnight rain.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2023-08-08
  • And our first line of attack was to extend the debate and push the bill past midnight and kill it the same way.
    — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 2021-06-01
  • Phones are open from 8:00 a.m. to midnight ET, 7 days a week.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 2022-03-02
  • Our bright star puts the planet in the spotlight—kind of like the full-moon effect—and it’s best viewed around midnight.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The sing-along version then dropped on the streamer at midnight Sunday.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
  • When the clock strikes midnight, CO2 cannons and 20-foot-high dry sparks will fill the venue.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 2024-12-26
  • After a bracing midnight swim, Belly climbs into bed with her fiancé to tell him the truth.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The altar will be on display during the daytime event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and the evening event from 5 p.m. to midnight.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2023-10-23
  • One is a ballad about a broken couple who find their way back together; the other is the midnight prayer of a lonely heart who feels doomed to stay that way.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The aforementioned deal sheets would often see people still toiling away well beyond midnight in order to get late business over the line.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The highway reopened shortly after midnight.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
  • This advisory is in effect until Tuesday at midnight.
    — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The flood watch, which impacts parts of Idaho and Oregon, will be in effect through midnight Thursday, the weather service said.
    — Kate Linderman, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2025
  • At the amFAR Gala, Halsey wore a corsetted Erik Charlotte dress covered in midnight-blue lace.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 1 Sep. 2025
  • During major events, auroras might appear as early as sunset and linger until sunrise, with peak activity typically occurring around midnight.
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Shortly before midnight, officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 7700 block of South Essex Avenue and found the entry door of a building open.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Sharafat Zaman, the spokesperson for the health ministry in Kabul, called for international aid to tackle the devastation from the quake of magnitude 6 that struck around midnight, at a depth of 6 miles.
    — Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The film had a long run at New York City's Bleeker Street Cinema throughout 1985 and opened a bit more broadly the following year as part of the midnight movie circuit.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2025
  • One person is dead after a vehicle collided with an ATV around midnight August 30 near the 2800 block of West Concordia Avenue.
    — Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Just after midnight Friday, Fort Lauderdale police officers were sent to the 200 block of South Federal Highway to investigate reports of a domestic disturbance.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Cristian Gabriel Montes, 35, was celebrating the baptism of his son and his daughter's birthday when he was shot dead shortly after midnight on July 27, according to the San Luis Obispo Tribune, KDFW and KXAS.
    — Chris Spargo, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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