the small hours

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   the period of time very early in the morning, soon after midnight

   ln the small hours, Brazil is waiting for Ayrton Senna to win his first world title in Formula One.

In the movies · 3

• In the early hours of this morning, a young woman was brutally beaten to death...Oliver Twist1948
• ln the small hours, Brazil is waiting for Ayrton Senna to win his first world title in Formula One.Senna2010
• Well, he stitched and he slaved and he slaved and he stitched Until finally one night in the wee hours of morning Otto arose from his workbench triumphant, yes!Beaches1988
• And she doesn'’t make me weep in the small hours, wondering where she is.Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves2023
• Cattle mutilations. Small town, couple hours out.The Unholy2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Beaches1988
  • CC Meets Hillary on the Boardwalk
  • CC Melts Down After Losing the Part
  • CC and Hillary Grow Up by Letter

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