graveyard shift

noun

: a work shift beginning late at night (such as 11 o'clock)

also : the workers on such a shift

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Walmart is always hiring for the graveyard shift. —Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2022

Some were finishing up a graveyard shift. —Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 May 2021

Warren works the graveyard shift two days a week. —Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 8 June 2020

Within two weeks, rats working the graveyard shift gained a significant amount of weight as their post-work activity decreased. —Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2014

At the time, Marshall, who is now a physical education teacher in Milford, was working the graveyard shift at the Beaver County Correctional Facility. —Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023

As Frank, Cage's character works the graveyard shift in a two-man ambulance. —Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022

But a city attorney, Ana Marie Jordan, said during cross-examination that the numbers are influenced by the fact that fewer officers are on duty during the undesired graveyard shift. —Dallas News, 7 Mar. 2022

It is already known that working the graveyard shift can negatively impact health, and the body of evidence continues to grow. —Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2014

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Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above