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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Hernandezsantana was booked about midnight at the Sacramento County Main Jail.
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The only Fort Worth store that will host a midnight release party is located at 5700 Overton Ridge Blvd.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2025
Now some of those companies are warning their workers to remain in the United States — or to scramble to return by midnight tonight.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
His death Friday morning just after midnight, silences an exemplary artist who performed weekly until earlier this summer.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
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Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The only Fort Worth store that will host a midnight release party is located at 5700 Overton Ridge Blvd.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2025
Now some of those companies are warning their workers to remain in the United States — or to scramble to return by midnight tonight.
—Maria Aspan, NPR, 20 Sep. 2025
His death Friday morning just after midnight, silences an exemplary artist who performed weekly until earlier this summer.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for midnight
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“Midnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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