Midday

Examples

• It was midday when we found ourselves at the scene of the tragedy, and, under my companion's guidance, we made our way at once to Hudson Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Thus, Saint Antoine in this vinous feature of his, until midday. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Towards midday I went downstairs to attend to some of my regular duties. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• On the morning of the 26th Percival's letter reached me, announcing his wife's arrival by the midday train. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Early the following morning he set out, and, traveling rapidly, he came before midday to the clearing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Please be at the Black Swan Hotel at Winchester at midday to-morrow, it said. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It was almost midday. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• To tell him to expect you by the midday train, said Sir Percival. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He was just as likely to be at work in his laboratory at midnight as midday. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It is customary at Mawson's for the clerks to leave at midday on Saturday. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yeobright reached the empty house about midday. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• For a long time no sound broke the deathlike stillness of the jungle midday save the piteous wailing of the tiny man-child. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Professor Coram was still in bed, for when the weather is bad he seldom rises before midday. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He could not wait for the midday recess, but seized a moment's leisure in court to scribble his telegram to Gerty Farish. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• At midday, the roll of drums. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

Editor: Ned