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.
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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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Ronnie Moyers heard the bird hammering in the woods one morning in late February, several weeks before the species usually shows up in Virginia’s western highlands.
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Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2026
While the morning encourages bouncing around like that, a harmonious lunar trine to transformative Pluto later switches the galaxy’s focus to deeper questions.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
The incident occurred outside the Machzike Hadath synagogue located in the city’s largest Jewish community early Monday morning, the London Metropolitan Police Department reported.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
The 70-degree low recorded that morning broke the previous warm-low mark of 67 degrees set in 2004 and marked the earliest 70-degree low on record, the weather service said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
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Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2026
While the morning encourages bouncing around like that, a harmonious lunar trine to transformative Pluto later switches the galaxy’s focus to deeper questions.
—Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
The incident occurred outside the Machzike Hadath synagogue located in the city’s largest Jewish community early Monday morning, the London Metropolitan Police Department reported.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
The 70-degree low recorded that morning broke the previous warm-low mark of 67 degrees set in 2004 and marked the earliest 70-degree low on record, the weather service said.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Morning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morning. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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