How to Use midnight in a Sentence

midnight

noun

• Her parents wanted her home before midnight.
• It was 12 midnight when we arrived home.
• The clock has struck midnight and the vinyl has been pressed.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
• The event will be free and open to the public from 3pm to midnight.
  — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
• The event’s free to attend and runs from 11 a.m. to midnight.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 22 Apr. 2023
• Phones are open from 8:00 a.m. to midnight ET, 7 days a week.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2022
• But a greasy bag of fast food tacos doesn’t have to be your go-to midnight meal.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 4 Mar. 2022
• When the clock strikes midnight, CO2 cannons and 20-foot-high dry sparks will fill the venue.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
• In which city is a giant pine cone dropped at midnight to ring in the new year?
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
• Last-minute dash to the grocery store before the clock strikes midnight?
  — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2022
• 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, 23 Oct. 2023
• For teens ages 16 to 17, their curfew starts at midnight.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
• But as the clock ticked toward midnight, there was a quiet in the on-air studio.
  — Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
• The stripes were made of clear crystals, which shone in the dark stadium like midnight rain.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
• Late my time, maybe midnight, my brother called me to say the doctors had called him.
  — Hazlitt, 20 Dec. 2023
• The talks went down to the last minute, with a deal announced shortly after midnight.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
• The clock strikes midnight, and the magic dissipates into the night.
  — Dusty Parnell, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone.
  — Mark Cooper, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
• In the sixth episode of The Kardashians, which dropped at midnight on June 27, the younger Jenner sisters joined forces in the kitchen.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
• David Schultz was last seen in video footage shortly before midnight on the 20th.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2024
• In Spain, those celebrating the New Year eat a dozen grapes, one for each strike of the clock at midnight.
  — Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
• Which makes his sudden midnight jaunt into the city for fresh blood a bit of a surprise.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
• The first, about two hours before the mass shooting, warned the incoming midnight shift of a crowd of up to 900 people.
  — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
• Just men aimlessly wandering the streets of the desert in green close to midnight.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• Some states don’t have an ending time, kids work until midnight, and then try to go to school and stay awake in class.
  — Glenn Minnis | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Aug. 2024
• In Japan, for ōmisoka, buddhist temple bells ring out 108 times as in the lead-up to midnight.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 25 Oct. 2022
• An east wind of 5 to 8 mph will become north after midnight.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2024
• With curfew extended to midnight, the streets are bright and buzzing.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• Although the beach will now close at 10 p.m., the San Clemente Pier will remain open until midnight.
  — Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
• Connections is released at midnight in your local time zone.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025