dog days
plural noun
the sultry part of the summer, supposed to occur during the period that Sirius, the Dog Star, rises at the same time as the sun: now often reckoned from July 3 to August 11.
dog-day
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a word derived from
dog days.
Example Sentences
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That’s the annual, or dog-day, cicada, which typically have green wings.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
Washington customarily slips into its dog-day doldrums in August; Congress is in recess and federal bureaucrats flee for cooler climes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most people call them dog-day cicadas, and their buzzy song is a part of the sound of late summer, like those of katydids and whippoorwills.
From Time Magazine Archive
But hardly had I settled down, the dry, dog-day smell of the hedge in my nose, when they stopped before the house, leaning upon the fence.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
In the beginning, on a dog-day Monday in the middle of August when the West Texas heat congealed in the sky, there were only the stirrings of dreams.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
