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

He look'd up, and saw That sad serene countenance, mournful as law And tender as pity, bow'd o'er him: and heard In some thicket the matinal chirp of a bird.

From Lucile by Meredith, Owen

Now, then, ladies, I intended to breakfast down at the restaurant; but the temptation to take my matinal meal in such fair company was not to be resisted.

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes

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)

Even Albert Penny, rubbing the grit out of his eyes, had marveled at the matinal bloom of her.

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie