lunchtime

Example Sentences

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At lunchtime on a recent weekday, businesspeople in suits sat at white-tablecloth tables in the main dining room, where the walls are wrapped in cherry-wood wainscoting and heavy blue curtains frame the windows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

"Getting out of bed at 03:00 in the morning is pretty brutal but then you're finished by lunchtime and I get to see my kids," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The lunchtime crowd — high schoolers, blue-collar types, the elderly — waited patiently for their orders.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

But by the time lunchtime had arrived on the East Coast on Monday, U.S. stocks were in much better shape.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

The president had just finished his lunchtime swim when the secretary of defense called with the U-2 news.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin