high day
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of high day
1150–1200; Middle English heye dai feast day
Example Sentences
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Australia defines a heatwave as three or more days in a row of unusually high day and night temperatures.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2023
Temperatures stayed high day and night, day after day.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2020
As a result, "estrogen levels can fluctuate from low to high, day by day, and that can drive you crazy."
From Time Magazine Archive
The two held hands and stepped high, day after day, night after night.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
For in the high day the quivering bright air is more opaque than the dim spaces of night, so tranquil and severe, or the glowing kingdoms of the morning.
From Apologia Diffidentis by Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock)
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