Toward midnight Charles heard a great noise beneath his window.

He went down into the center of the city, the evening close and sluggish with heat, the hour edging toward midnight.

Toward midnight I went back to say good-by to Mother.

As the clock edged toward midnight, the guests began to leave.

Toward midnight they stopped to eat a light meal.

The hands of the Clock resumed their motion toward midnight.

"But I suspect we'll go on that night and program it the way we normally would, using our best stuff, as we build toward midnight."

It must have been well toward midnight that she became conscious of a sudden commotion in the village.

Toward midnight, the crowd stopped singing, gasped, and moved back.