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
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The two held hands and stepped high, day after day, night after night.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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And he said, "Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them."
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
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