nooning

Example Sentences

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Next day, while nooning several miles out from Casper, we heard the whistle of a locomotive.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

Bert Chester, waiting before Zinkand’s an hour later, picked her a block away from the nooning crowd.

From The Readjustment by Irwin, Will

Is this more pleasant to you than the whir Of meadow lark, and its sweet roundelay, Or twitter of little fieldfares, as you take Your nooning in the shade of bush and brake?

From Conservation Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)

That especial day his nooning had something of the element of a new interest.

From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen

During the "nooning" lunch was eaten in the cutting, and while they were sitting quiet a singular vibration of the earth could be felt.

From Down the Slope by Otis, James