in the dead of night

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in the dead of night/winter

in the middle of the night or in the middle of winter The fire broke out in the dead of night.

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I have heard upwards of ten score of windlasses spring like one into clanking life in the dead of night, filling the Downs with a panic-struck sound of anchors being torn hurriedly out of the ground at the first breath of his approach. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context Sometimes it was Monty crying to him from the bush, sometimes the yelling of those savages at Bekwando seemed to fill the air, sometimes Ernestine was there, listening to his passionate pleading with cold, set face, In the dead of night he saw her and the still silence was broken by his hoarse, passionate cries, which they strove in vain to check. A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context "But there's no sense in going for it in the dead of night," I objected. The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context			in the bag in the balance in the ballpark in the bargain in the best of health in the black in the blink of an eye in the blood in the boondocks in the bosom of in the buff in the bull pen in the business of in the cards in the care of in the case of in the catbird seat in the chips in the clear in the cold light of day in the Common Era in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the cross hairs in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the dumps in the end in the event of in the eyes of in the eyes of the law in the face of in the family in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the flesh in the fullness of time in the grand scheme of things in the grip of in the groove in the gutter in the hands of in the heat of			in the clear in the cloud in the clouds in the clouds in the clouds In the Club In the Club In the Club In the Club in the cold light of day in the Common Era In the Community for the Community in the company of In the Company of Friends In the Company of Writers LLC in the context of In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king in the course in the course in the course in the course In the course of In the course of in the course of time In the Court of the Crimson King in the cross hairs in the dark in the dark in the dark in the dark in the dead of night in the dead of the night in the dead of winter in the dock in the dock in the dock in the dock in the doghouse in the doghouse in the doghouse in the doldrums in the drink in the driver's seat in the driver's seat in the driver's seat in the driving seat in the driving seat in the dumps in the dumps in the dumps in the dust in the dust in the dust In the Ear in the end in the end in the end in the end in the end in the event in the event

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