morn
Americannoun
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morns
plural
noun
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a poetic word for morning
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tomorrow
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tomorrow night
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of morn
before 900; Middle English morn ( e ), Old English morne (dative of morgen morning); cognate with Dutch, German Morgen
Example Sentences
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In vain the kindly call: in vain The plate for which thou once wast fain At morn and noon and daylight’s wane, O King of mousers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
In fact, we have become so affluent that a Christmas gift is almost superfluous on Christmas morn.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
"A restless morn inside congressional GOP," Costa wrote on Twitter.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2022
So frosty a morn had not come our way since Feb. 20 with its 23 degrees.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
The evening stars shine brighter, And glad is every dewy morn, For way down South in Mississippi, Folks are happy they have been born.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Autumn ushers in mild days, brisk nights and crisp morns.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
Even though the world of guitar morns today, we can rest assured that Riley B. King will continue to influence and inspire guitar players for generations to come.
From Forbes ● May 15, 2015
Left: One of the last two Mariana crows on Guam morns the death of his mate a few days earlier while perched in his enclosure.
From Scientific American ● May 24, 2011
On such a hunting-journey, three morns since, With beaters, hounds, and huntsmen, he and I Set forth from Tegea, the royal town.
From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Matthew Arnold
The pleasant days from my life are fled, The rosy morns and the sunsets red.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 by Various
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