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
“If you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,” the prophet Isaiah said, “your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.”
From Washington Post
The sheep were offering a symphony of guttural bleats punctuated with hollow tongs from bells dangling round their necks as Mr. Rogers and the dogs directed them toward a noonday water break.
From New York Times
In the fourth century, theologian Evagrius Ponticus warned his fellow monks about the “noonday demon,” a passing feeling of exhaustion and listlessness brought on by the monotony of life.
From Washington Post
It is essential not to think about it; you could do irreparable damage to yourself, like when you look into the sun at noonday.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.