noonday
Americanadjective
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of noonday
Example Sentences
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Vatican officials said about 70,000 people filled St. Peter’s Square for Francis’ noonday speech and blessing.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
Suddenly, I was in a forest so thick that the tree canopy overhead all but blotted out the noonday sky.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2018
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
Cape Town, South Africa, has been shooting off its noon gun since 1806, and Hong Kong's noonday cannons first began firing in the 1860s, about the time a similar tradition took hold in Edinburgh, Scotland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2016
She straightened up, shading her eyes from the noonday sun with one dirt-smeared hand, and slowly the rider came into focus: a green cloak, a bay horse, a shock of dark hair.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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