In the midnight vs At the midnight

Neither "in the midnight" nor "at the midnight" is commonly used in English. The correct phrase to use is "at midnight."

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Last updated: August 29, 2024

In the midnight

This is not a correct construction in English. The preposition "in" is not used with "midnight."

Instead of saying "in the midnight," it is more appropriate to use the preposition "at" with "midnight."

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Caught here in the midnight act of exhuming a body.
You were the detective in the midnight case.
But all them people, freezing to death in the midnight icy water.
This very tunnel is the reason no one died in the Midnight Fire of 1822.
Because in the midnight hour that's when we're at our best.
Now, I'm not talking about a devil with the pitchfork and horns. I'm talking about a spiritual devil in the midnight hour.
You can fit them both in before the midnight deadline.
Male reporter: City hall was rocked today with the unexpected revelation that evidence may have been manipulated in the infamous midnight murderer case, a conspiracy...
It was what I heard in the road at midnight.
He and Juliet have been in the Hamptons since midnight.
Meet me in the courtyard at midnight.
We just want to check in for the midnight flight to Havana.
Says here he testified for the prosecution in four criminal trials in addition to the midnight case.
We lost Eckhart in the park just after midnight.
Meet me in the car park at midnight.
The aquarium people left the lights on in the big tank until midnight.
Be in the machine shop at midnight.
Hodgins said that the victim died in the tank between midnight and 6:00 a.m.
Please meet me in the library at midnight
Briana Mathis was pushed out of a fast-moving car in the dark at midnight on a Friday, sir.

Alternatives:

at midnight
at the stroke of midnight
at exactly midnight
at the stroke of twelve
at the stroke of twelve o'clock

At the midnight

This is not a correct construction in English. The preposition "at" is used with "midnight," but the article "the" is not necessary.

The correct way to refer to the time of midnight is simply "at midnight," without the article "the."

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I got a job at the midnight club.
Well, after your little melee at the Midnight Madness, principal Turner and I came to a meeting of the mind.
Faust, today, at the midnight hour, I will take possession of that which is mine.
Because I wanted to know what was playing at the midnight show.
What's he doing at the midnight roll call?
We'll be at the beach at midnight.
Just call in a shooter at the Hancock at midnight.
Man. Abernathy thinks that I'm meeting him at the dock at midnight with 150 grand.
Okay, at the stroke of midnight...
At the stroke of midnight, it's over.
They said he left them down at the quayside around midnight.
I entertain high hopes of our arriving at the rooms by midnight.
Got fireworks at the stroke of midnight.
Our daily failure was announced at the chimes of midnight.
Her birthday arrives tonight at the stroke of midnight.
At the stroke of midnight, someone will die.
They've been playing Wing Migration at the Plex for the midnight show all week.
"And here we are, at the glorious midnight of our relationship."
Tomorrow at the Shibaura Pier, midnight.
The accident occurred around midnight at the corner of Atwells Avenue and Lynch Street.

Alternatives:

at midnight
at the stroke of midnight
at exactly midnight
at the stroke of twelve
at the stroke of twelve o'clock

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