1
a
: dawn
tossed and turned all night until morning finally came
b
: the time from sunrise to noon
She liked to get things done early in the morning.
I'm a morning person. [= a person who likes or has more energy in the early part of the day]
c
: the time from midnight to noon
It was ten o'clock in the morning.
2
: a period of first development : beginning
The war started in the morning of his reign.
Examples of morning in a Sentence
She liked to get things done early in the morning.
I worked in the yard for part of the morning.
I saw him this morning, and I'll be meeting with him again tomorrow morning.
We have a meeting scheduled for 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
On Sunday mornings I like to relax and read the newspaper.
She arrived on the morning of March 18.
the morning after a storm
It was early morning when I woke.
We sat around drinking coffee all morning.
We won't find out until morning.
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Shares of the company fell more than 6% on Thursday morning.
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
The next morning, Burgher parents—oblivious to the fighting that had broken out in the capital—had lined the walkways and cheered as their children filed into schools with pencils and notebooks and tense faces, some bravely managing a smile, others rigid with fear.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
It’s given a glow up to my morning ritual.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2025
Wrapped in a blanked on the sofa, binging reruns of The Oprah Show on YouTube and gleefully ignoring emails all morning is my idea of heaven.
—Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
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Sam Meredith, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2025
The next morning, Burgher parents—oblivious to the fighting that had broken out in the capital—had lined the walkways and cheered as their children filed into schools with pencils and notebooks and tense faces, some bravely managing a smile, others rigid with fear.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
It’s given a glow up to my morning ritual.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2025
Wrapped in a blanked on the sofa, binging reruns of The Oprah Show on YouTube and gleefully ignoring emails all morning is my idea of heaven.
—Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for morning
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“Morning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morning. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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