noon
the middle of the day
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,230 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,832 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the middle of the day also: twelve noon, high noon, midday, noonday, noontide
noon in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Here at noon what do we see?
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Sometimes they went out at noon, sometimes after four o’clock.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Like the swell of some sweet tune, Morning rises into noon, May glides onward into June.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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They remained on the tree till noon; then they flew away and went towards the south.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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At high noon on the Merrimac The ancient ferryman Forgot, at times, his idle oars, So fair a freight to scan.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1