matinal

Example Sentences

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"The sidewalks are swept, there is no refuse piled up, and a matinal sprinkler truck comes through, washing down the streets."

From Time Magazine Archive

The excessively shy and unseasonable habits of the matinal worm never appealed favorably to me, but we have to have him once in a while, so here I am.

From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)

Señor alcalde,” said the clerk, after having exchanged with his superior a profusion of matinal salutations, “what a splendid pair of pantaloons you have on!”

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

And at my departure I saw my peaceful, friendly little city, with its venerable old church steeple, stretched out calm and sunny in matinal activity.

From The Bride of Dreams by Auw, Mellie von

Almost always the fresh and matinal song of one awoke the song of the others, who, more lazy, did not leave their nests at so early an hour.

From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène