1
: the middle of the night
specifically
: 12 o'clock at night
2
: deep or extended darkness or gloom
midnight
adjective
midnightly
adverb or adjective
Examples of midnight in a Sentence
Her parents wanted her home before midnight.
It was 12 midnight when we arrived home.
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Shortly before midnight on July 11, a driver collided with a moose before three other vehicles hit the animal.
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 July 2025
Calling all nocturnal movie lovers: The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled its midnight madness slate, a lineup of often disturbing and always raucous works of cinema.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 July 2025
The city already has a curfew for people under 16 after 10 p.m. and ages 16 to 18 until midnight, meaning that youth cannot be unaccompanied in public after those hours.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 24 July 2025
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Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 25 July 2025
Calling all nocturnal movie lovers: The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled its midnight madness slate, a lineup of often disturbing and always raucous works of cinema.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 July 2025
The city already has a curfew for people under 16 after 10 p.m. and ages 16 to 18 until midnight, meaning that youth cannot be unaccompanied in public after those hours.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 24 July 2025
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“Midnight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/midnight. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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