mornings
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of mornings
First recorded in 1610–20
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday and Thursday mornings, he says, the crowds begin to gather around the jewelry case at his local Costco in Bayonne, waiting for a delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Late mornings when my phone battery needs a boost, I plug it in upstairs, far from the kitchen where I’m prepping salad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“But he said no cows. He might have been traumatized by the early mornings and milking twice a day.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
In the mornings, Christine eagerly awaits the brightly colored, highly vocal birds swooping into their garden, whooping their greetings before flying off into the junglelike foliage.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
The early mornings were busy with bargain shoppers, and then the regular shoppers would begin to arrive around ten o’clock, she reported.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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