nooning

Example Sentences

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That especial day his nooning had something of the element of a new interest.

From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen

All through the morn the circus floundered thus, The nooning found them at the Crossing Roads, Stopped by an axle splitting in its truss.

From King Cole by Masefield, John

They were nooning at the time and somehow or other the usual question of revolver-handling had come up.

From When the West Was Young by Bechdolt, Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie)

Bert Chester, waiting before Zinkand’s an hour later, picked her a block away from the nooning crowd.

From The Readjustment by Irwin, Will

A sudden hammering of a street rail in the street below notified him the nooning was over, and that the workmen had gone back to their labors.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander