diurnal course
Example Sentences
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The ordered little realm of Wanless went on its diurnal course.
From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
The sun may roll his swift diurnal course, And from the ocean raise again his head, But when our glimm’ring lamp of life’s expir’d, One long perpetual night we then must sleep.”
From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert
They merely took note of the diurnal course, the alternation of day and night, the number of the seasons, and their regular successions.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John
The sun was moving upward in his diurnal course, and had just acquired sufficient heat to render the shade of the wood desirable.
From Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian by Haight, Canniff
"No motion has she now—no force; She neither hears nor sees; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks and stones and trees."
From Seven Little Australians by Turner, Ethel Sybil
