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

The light wagons were made to hold two each instead of one, and the matinal snipe escaped death, and was happy over his early worm.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 by James, Henry

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

From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie

Almost always the fresh and matinal song of one awoke the song of the others, who, more lazy, did not leave their nests at so early an hour.

From Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 by Sue, Eugène

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)