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midafternoon

midaf ter noohn

  • n  the middle part of the afternoon

  • It's midafternoon, and they are, of course, tired, but even so their presence adds a jangly, hormonal buzz to the bland, institutional setting.
  • By midafternoon, traffic on the bridges over the Potomac River that link the capital with its Virginia suburbs had already slowed to a crawl.
  • A gas-truck explosion devastates a seaside campsite It was approaching midafternoon, and a sparkling, early-summer Spanish sun still shone high over the tiny Mediterranean.
News & Articles

  • Summer Blaze offers refreshing rec
    It’s midafternoon on a warm summer day, and a group of children are swimming in the cool pools at Freedom High School in Oakley. Two 7-year-old girls come out of the water, giggling and smiling as they lie next to each other on the concrete to warm up and dry off.
    June 20, 2013 - ThePress.net
Quotes

  • Walt Mossberg in CRN
    In daily use, I found the battery indicator on the new 3G model slipping below 20 percent by early afternoon or midafternoon on some days, and it entirely ran out of juice in one day,Mossberg said in a post on his blog. "I overcame this...
  • Arlen Specter in San Francisco Chronicle
    The votes were present by midafternoon to shut off this filibuster,said Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the bill's sponsor.
  • Kalle Lasn in Chicago Tribune
    Suppressing the impulse to buy is like giving up smoking. It's an addiction,Lasn said. "A lot of people break down around midafternoon and buy a Mars bar or a coffee. It's a very personal thing."

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