noun
definition
The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
definition
12 o'clock at night exactly.
adjective
definition
Utterly dark or black.
Examples of midnight in a Sentence
It was after midnight by the time I returned home.
At midnight dancing was still going on.
I was just making a midnight snack.
At midnight he came home, changed into his pajamas and crawled into bed.
The man in the executioner's hood left while Jilian, the man with midnight hair and eyes, approached.
It was nearly midnight by the time they left.
It was midnight, and he'd just finished reading Jenn's latest report.
Fitzgerald looked as if he'd found a Captain Midnight ring in his cereal.
Because of his suspicion the phone was bugged, Dean did not try to call Cece Baldwin when he arrived home after midnight, home to a still empty house.
It should have arrived at Hugson's Siding at midnight, but it was already five o'clock and the gray dawn was breaking in the east when the little train slowly rumbled up to the open shed that served for the station-house.
When she trekked through the lit halls of her home it was well past midnight - -even Sirian would be sleeping.
It's after midnight and you can't drive two cars.
It was after midnight when Fred finally let it rip.
It was midnight when Elisabeth checked the clock.
It wasn't yet midnight and his afternoon nap had worked so well he was far from ready for bed.
The second was closer to Han's age with midnight hair and eyes.
He died in the Marshalsea on the 5th of September 1569, and was buried in St George's, Southwark, at midnight to avoid the risk of a hostile demonstration.
In the Roman Catholic Church the vigil is now usually celebrated on the morning of the day preceding the festival, except at Christmas, when a midnight mass is celebrated, and on Easter Eve.
According to sources at the Ocean Shore Motel, Byrne was last seen on his way to the beach shortly after midnight by Leo Sutter, a waiter at the motel.
He was to return after some early morning business, the next day, Tuesday—same day, I guess—he died after midnight, Tuesday.
By the time Fred had finished his questioning it was nearly midnight.
Ultimately about midnight the welcome tidings of the capture of St Privat arrived, and all anxiety was at an end.
Toward midnight the voices began to subside, a cock crowed, the full moon began to show from behind the lime trees, a fresh white dewy mist began to rise, and stillness reigned over the village and the house.
Carmen dozed in the chair a few times off and on until about midnight.
He wouldn't crawl into their bed at midnight and snuggle close to her.
He was as punctual as midnight.
If things don't blow up, then Sunday at midnight, you can give him a message from me.
Midnight was long past when Savonarola was led back to his cell.
Hipparchus reckoned the twenty-four hours from midnight to midnight.
This can be a welcome midnight feast for your rabbit.
To better camouflage urban grime, the Lightning CityX features Villain Black cast aluminum wheels and a Midnight Black chin fairing and front fender.
Around midnight the train stopped, border guards appeared at my cabin door, checked my passport and scanned it with an ultraviolet machine.
It was just after midnight.
It was past midnight.
No, but I'd like to get home to my wife before midnight.
The time would be near sunrise later in the year, but now the night and his world was as dark as midnight.
My fate is sealed, Rhyn. I've got nothing to lose now. If she comes back, I can distract her, give you until midnight.
You've got a couple hours until midnight.
The registry of the citizens, the suppression of litigation, the elevation of public morals, the care of minors, the retrenchment of public expenses, the limitation of gladiatorial games and shows, the care of roads, the restoration of senatorial privileges, the appointment of none but worthy magistrates, even the regulation of street traffic, these and numberless other duties so completely absorbed his attention that, in spite of indifferent health, they often kept him at severe labour from early morning till long after midnight.
This vital despatch was sent off in duplicate at midnight and reached von Blumenthal at 4 a.m.
The outlets of the gullies were in the assailants' hands soon after midnight.
At midnight on the 5th of July 1764, Mirovich won over some of the garrison, arrested the commandant, Berednikov, and demanded the delivery of Ivan, who there and then was murdered by his gaolers in obedience to the secret instructions already in their possession.
He was present at evening in the church, and when the midnight bell sounded for the nocturnal office early on Sunday morning he again went thither unsupported, but sank down before the altar and passed away as in a gentle sleep.
Against, it is said, thirteen separate assaults, all delivered with exceptional fury, Schofield managed to hold his position, and shortly before midnight he withdrew across the river in good order.
Matins theoretically belongs to midnight, but in Italy it is XIII.
Conversely, nocturnal cooling produces well-defined descending breezes which issue from the valley mouths, sometimes attaining an unpleasant strength toward midnight.
Europeans in general, like the ancient Egyptians, place the commencement of the civil day at midnight, and reckon twelve morning hours from midnight to midday, and twelve evening hours from midday to midnight.
In The Calendar, For Example, Which Was Attempted To Be Introduced In France In 1 793, The Beginning Of The Year Was Fixed At Midnight Preceding The Day In Which The True Autumnal Equinox Falls.
But Supposing The Instant Of The Sun'S Entering Into The Sign Libra To Be Very Near Midnight, The Small Errors Of The Solar Tables Might Render It Doubtful To Which Day The Equinox Really Belonged; And It Would Be In Vain To Have Recourse To Observation To Obviate The Difficulty.
This meant that the expedition must start in daylight to be off the port by midnight.