Slumped in a Sydney taxi one morning, well after the witching hour, I listened to a grave sermon on time travel. |
Come witching hour, only truly zealous or pitifully desperate students remain. |
A spell was cast over Croydon as hundreds of Harry Potter fans waited for the witching hour to get their hands on the latest instalment of the child wizard's adventures. |
He could not stay any longer, because the witching hour of flute-playing was drawing near. |
In the baronial study, the girl, her lover, the cop and a few businessmen all wait for the witching hour. |
We have just passed through the witching hour that is Hallowe'en, relic of a medieval past when ghosts and spirits were thought to stalk the land on All Hallow's Eve. |