high noon
Example Sentences
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“It was a showdown at high noon, and he got trounced.”
From BBC • May 30, 2024
It was high noon in a disused hangar at Tempelhof airport, near the center of Berlin, and the Komische Oper was troubleshooting its new swimming pool.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2023
It’s just past sunset in the subterranean depths of Climate Pledge Arena, which in the world of trolls is akin to high noon.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022
Each side eyed the other warily for about an hour, like gunslingers on Main Street at high noon waiting to see who would make the first move.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2022
Immortal, too, their cowherds are—their shepherds— Phaethousa and Lampeti'a, sweetly braided nymphs that divine Neaira bore to the overlord of high noon, Helios.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
