eye of day
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter's dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day.
From Slate • Jan. 1, 2013
Their farm system would improve from 28th in Baseball America's rankings the year before Epstein took charge to second in 2008, largely because they attacked the draft-compensation system with the predatory eye of day traders.
From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 21, 2011
The two together, Mata-hari, are translated as "the sun," or the "eye of day."
From Time Magazine Archive
I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter's dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day.
From A Little Book of Old Time Verse Old Fashioned Flowers by Various
Each morning, as the eye of day opened on the earth, they went to the woods and there remained until the evening, cutting the wood, which, when sold, furnished their only source of a living.
From Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India by Fleeson, Katherine Neville
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