ungodly hour

noun

: a time of day that is unreasonably early or late
Who would call at this ungodly hour?

Examples of ungodly hour in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web God bless this West Side taqueria, which serves food until midnight on weeknights and until the ungodly hour of 4:30 a.m. on weekends. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024 And so it’s been fun -- aside from waking up at an ungodly hour to drive to one corner of the state to the other. Abc News, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2024 With no lifts spinning at this ungodly hour, Ski Utah had permission to drive a van up a Brian Head service road to the top of a short feeder run called Blackfoot Access. Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2023 On a recent Sunday evening, during dinner at the ungodly hour of 5 P.M., a surprising number of tables were full. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023 The ceremony begins at the ungodly hour of 6 a.m. EST. Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 6 May 2023

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“Ungodly hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ungodly%20hour. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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