[1825–35]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cliché, cross section, panda, relativity, spiritualism
Examples of 'witching hour' in a sentence
witching hour
Midnight: the witching hour, in this empty, godforsaken, lonely place.
Erskine, Barbara MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
It was well after the witching hour when I heard those footsteps.
Babson, Marian WEEKEND FOR MURDER
This was a major that, unlike the three others this year, was in the balance right up until the witching hour.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Then, suddenly, the clock was past the witching hour when journalists should be back to the word processor.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Exploring a museum in the dead of night is a rare thrill as you spend the witching hour tip-toeing round the moonlit exhibits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And when they looked up to the heavens as the witching hour arrived, they must have wondered how they had done it.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She died in the witching hour.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
In my house, it's the hour up to midnight that has come to be known as the witchinghour.