under (the) cover of darkness/night

phrase

: in the dark : at night

The crime was committed under (the) cover of darkness/night.

Examples of under (the) cover of darkness/night in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, the assassin is roving around under cover of night in her green van. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026

American and Israeli military planners had planned to conduct the operation under the cover of darkness but shifted it to the daytime to take advantage of new intelligence, the person familiar with the matter said. — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 3 Mar. 2026

The day after 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie was taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home under the cover of night, her daughter, Savannah, made a heartbreaking appeal to pray for her mother. — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026

The unidentified white van slowly and stealthily pulled up outside the million-dollar-plus homes under the cover of darkness, grainy surveillance footage showed. — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026