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

Only upon closer inspection does the shimmer of looping barbed wire emerge, and then the shadows of stadium-style floodlights, dormant in the noonday sun.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2020

He forgot how McEnroe’s eyes used to narrow as if against the noonday glare, even on the cloudiest of days.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 24, 2018

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

Odysseus the great tactician answered: “Courage, and leave the worrying to me. We’ll turn back to your homestead by the orchard. I sent the cowherd, swineherd, and Telemakhos ahead to make our noonday meal.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer