1
: the middle of the night
specifically
: 12 o'clock at night
2
: deep or extended darkness or gloom
midnight
adjective
midnightly
adverb or adjective
Examples of midnight in a Sentence
Her parents wanted her home before midnight.
It was 12 midnight when we arrived home.
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By midnight, all 54 horses had been relocated to the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, which had turned into a shelter for large animals amid the disaster.
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
Shortly after midnight on a recent frigid evening, two of the form’s most accomplished practitioners, XSM and QZAR, met up on a shadowy street near SoHo, both dressed entirely in black.
—Jake Offenhartz, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Heavy rain pelted parts of Los Angeles County early Monday morning, causing a flash flood advisory to be issued over a wide swath of the region after midnight.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
In Mike McCarthy’s homecoming game, Dak Prescott manufactured a last-minute game-winning drive well after the clock struck midnight in a game that featured a one hour, 25 minute rain delay.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2025
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Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2025
Shortly after midnight on a recent frigid evening, two of the form’s most accomplished practitioners, XSM and QZAR, met up on a shadowy street near SoHo, both dressed entirely in black.
—Jake Offenhartz, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Heavy rain pelted parts of Los Angeles County early Monday morning, causing a flash flood advisory to be issued over a wide swath of the region after midnight.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
In Mike McCarthy’s homecoming game, Dak Prescott manufactured a last-minute game-winning drive well after the clock struck midnight in a game that featured a one hour, 25 minute rain delay.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Midnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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