morning

noun morn·ing \ ˈmȯr-niŋ \

|Updated on: 8 Aug 2018

Examples: morning in a Sentence

Definition of morning

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.

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.

Recent Examples of morning from the Web

After a three-hour morning practice with the football team, Libertyville pitcher Peyton Jennings spent the afternoon with his second team of the day Wednesday.

— bob narang, Lake County News-Sun, "Touchdown fever: Peyton Jennings’ strong effort not enough as Libertyville loses to Prairie Ridge," 11 July 2018
Hit the Opera House and the Museum of Contemporary Art in the morning, then stroll the historic Rocks district nearby.

— erin florio, Condé Nast Traveler, "What to Do in Sydney: The Black Book," 5 July 2018
Fish it 4-5 feet deep early in the morning, then move it deeper as the sun gets higher in the sky, around 7-8 feet deep.

— tyler mahoney, kansascity, "Fishing report: With summer settling in, morning bite is best most places," 27 June 2018
Earlier in the morning, Hal, from Rocky Hill, brought his male chocolate Cocker Spaniel, Jazzie, to the park.

— joan hunt, Courant Community, "It's A Dog's Life At The Rocky Hill Dog Park," 27 June 2018
The next morning that energy tumbles onto the doormats of suburban England.

— The Economist, "Paul Dacre, the Daily Mail’s “conductor”, passes the baton," 14 June 2018
For the first time all season, James showed up by himself to TD Garden ahead of the Cavs' morning shootaround.

— joe vardon, cleveland.com, "LeBron James: History doesn't guarantee a big night for him in Game 2," 15 May 2018
While there Caputo captured local kids who were members of the underground rave scene, including one epic beach party that began at 2 p.m. and lasted well into the next morning.

— aubri juhasz, The Cut, "Burberry’s Latest Collab Is Full of Cool Kids in Rainbow Check," 13 July 2018
Her body, still wearing the white dress adorned with blue flowers that her mother had sewn, was found the next morning — July 7, 1973 — in Newport Beach’s Back Bay.

— hannah fry, latimes.com, "Newport police use Twitter to tell story of 11-year-old girl’s disappearance and death in 1973," 6 July 2018

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