noonday

Example Sentences

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Vatican officials said about 70,000 people filled St. Peter’s Square for Francis’ noonday speech and blessing.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2023

They heat oil and knead dough and cook rotis, then trudge in noonday heat into the mint fields to feed family members.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2021

Klein is standing barefoot on Alucia’s top deck in cargo shorts and a faded MC5 t-shirt, squinting in the noonday sun.

From Scientific American • Feb. 12, 2018

Cape Town, South Africa, has been shooting off its noon gun since 1806, and Hong Kong's noonday cannons first began firing in the 1860s, about the time a similar tradition took hold in Edinburgh, Scotland.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2016

Captain Nips eased the coach between a seller of live fowl and a juggler tossing colored balls into the bright noonday air.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman