noonday
Americanadjective
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of noonday
Example Sentences
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I pushed my mower out in the noonday sun right alongside the men — and one woman — in my neighborhood.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
They heat oil and knead dough and cook rotis, then trudge in noonday heat into the mint fields to feed family members.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2021
Klein is standing barefoot on Alucia’s top deck in cargo shorts and a faded MC5 t-shirt, squinting in the noonday sun.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 12, 2018
Mahut and Herbert secured the break when Chardy double-faulted—the noonday sun, and some untimely gusts from Hermine, offshore, were giving all the players serving fits—and, soon enough, they took the set, 6–4.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 7, 2016
He played with is little ball in the noonday sun, drank enormous quantities of unsweetened melon juice, and delicately poked around Blanca’s ceramics.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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