forenoon
Americannoun
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the period of daylight before noon.
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the latter part of the morning.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of forenoon
Example Sentences
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Now and then he quietly put his arm around the slender, highstrung girl of 24, who, on the bright Saturday forenoon, became Mrs. Francis Joseph Quillinan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The work clattered on through a forenoon piano cadenza representing the blackcap, ended at high noon on the hushed cry of the cuckoo, again played by the piano soloist.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were driven out twice more during the forenoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Right from childhood, he worked the "eight-hour" farm day alongside his father, "eight in the forenoon and eight in the afternoon."
From Time Magazine Archive
The next morning, just after seven bells of the forenoon watch, Captain Prince came on deck with his sextant, ready to shoot the sun.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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