How to Use midnight in a Sentence

midnight

noun

• Her parents wanted her home before midnight.
• It was 12 midnight when we arrived home.
• The clock has struck midnight and the vinyl has been pressed.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
• But a greasy bag of fast food tacos doesn’t have to be your go-to midnight meal.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 4 Mar. 2022
• In which city is a giant pine cone dropped at midnight to ring in the new year?
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
• The event will be free and open to the public from 3pm to midnight.
  — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
• Love ‘em all, but, unlike this year, the clock strikes midnight on them too soon.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2021
• The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone.
  — Mark Cooper, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
• The game resets with a new song at midnight local time.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Shop more of our favorites before the sale ends tonight at midnight.
  — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
• Last-minute dash to the grocery store before the clock strikes midnight?
  — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2022
• There will be no fireworks show over the bay, no midnight kisses with strangers.
  — Aidin Vaziri, SFChronicle.com, 30 Dec. 2020
• Late my time, maybe midnight, my brother called me to say the doctors had called him.
  — Hazlitt, 20 Dec. 2023
• Which makes his sudden midnight jaunt into the city for fresh blood a bit of a surprise.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
• But as the clock ticked toward midnight, there was a quiet in the on-air studio.
  — Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2024
• The bystander video shows Brown walking her dog on the beach around midnight.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2021
• The talks went down to the last minute, with a deal announced shortly after midnight.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 Mar. 2023
• The stripes were made of clear crystals, which shone in the dark stadium like midnight rain.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Aug. 2023
• Free rides start after the sixth inning and conclude at midnight.
  — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 13 July 2026
• And our first line of attack was to extend the debate and push the bill past midnight and kill it the same way.
  — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 1 June 2021
• Just men aimlessly wandering the streets of the desert in green close to midnight.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• Ring walks for the main event are expected around midnight ET.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• Our bright star puts the planet in the spotlight—kind of like the full-moon effect—and it’s best viewed around midnight.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2025
• The sing-along version then dropped on the streamer at midnight Sunday.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
• David Schultz was last seen in video footage shortly before midnight on the 20th.
  — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2024
• The clock strikes midnight, and the magic dissipates into the night.
  — Dusty Parnell, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• The show ultimately started three hours late, at around midnight.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 July 2026
• After the Supreme Court overturned the stay, he was put to death just before midnight.
  — Mike Ryan, Fox News, 20 Nov. 2020
• Ahead of street date, more than 300 midnight listening parties are planned around the world.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 16 July 2026
• When the clock strikes midnight, CO2 cannons and 20-foot-high dry sparks will fill the venue.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024