Examples of 'thief in the night' in a sentence

Meaning of "thief in the night"

Thief in the night: A phrase used to describe someone who steals something very quickly and stealthily, typically under the cover of darkness or when nobody is watching
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  • Something stealthy or that occurs without warning.

How to use "thief in the night" in a sentence

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thief in the night
He will be as a thief in the night to the unprepared.
I slipped out of here like a thief in the night.
It came like a thief in the night much as if it does now.
I am not eloping like a thief in the night.
Fled like a thief in the night without saying goodbye.
But it is coming like a thief in the night.
Like a thief in the night he would fly out of sight.
He had come like a thief in the night.
As a thief in the night you have stolen this city.
They strike like a thief in the night.
He used the thief in the night metaphor as well to describe it.
Sneaking off like a thief in the night.
Be a thief in the night.
Most will be caught as a thief in the night.
As a thief in the night.

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Destiny comes like a thief in the night.
As by a thief in the night has our republic been stolen from us.
I snuck off like a thief in the night.
Like a thief in the night did she intend to rob you of your life.
It will come to many as a thief in the night.
Jesus comes as a thief in the night to those not ready and watching.
We do not run away like a thief in the night.
Like a thief in the night they take away our heart and our soul.
Stealing love like a thief in the night.
As a thief in the night as Peter recorded.
It comes worse than a thief in the night.
Become a thief in the night Become a dog on the run.
He leaves like a thief in the night.
But he forewarned that his return would come as unexpectedly as a thief in the night.
But like a thief in the night.
And the hour of judgement comes like a thief in the night.
Death is a thief in the night.
Champion of the world and arriving back like a thief in the night.
I was like a thief in the night.
This recession did not creep up on us like the proverbial thief in the night.
No more like a thief in the night.
The first appointment takes place before the master arrives as a thief in the night.
It was like a thief in the night.
Jesus compares his second coming to the coming of a thief in the night.
Brokenness comes like a thief in the night to kill and destroy.
You remember my son that you killed like a thief in the night.
Depression can seem like a thief in the night that comes and goes without warning.
She will not be surprised as by a thief in the night.
But death comes like a thief in the night where nobody knows when it will arrive.
Heart attacks come in like a thief in the night.
Like a thief in the night I stole your heart.
You actually were a thief in the night.
A Thief in the night the Rapture.
You sneak in here like a thief in the night.
A Thief in the Night series.

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Examples of using Thief
The thief seems to be some sort of ghost
So you influenced a thief to steal the book
A thief who steals another it is not a sin
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Examples of using Night
I think last night was a cry for help
Night fell and their lights went out
Sometimes at night you see raccoons here
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