day after day

idiomatic phrase

: for an indefinite or seemingly endless number of days
followed the same routine day after day

Examples of day after day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If a heat wave stretches day after day, the physiological stress builds and builds on residents. Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 May 2024 What mechanism has led us to disrupt the natural equilibrium between oxygen and CO2, resulting in an increase in CO2 and other toxic particles that jeopardize our health day after day? Carlos Moreno, Fortune, 7 May 2024 If the trial proceeds, Trump could sitting in a courtroom day after day while running for president and while a jury decides on whether he could be imprisoned. Andrea Bernstein, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024 These travel pros spend day after day in airplane cabins and jet-setting to different destinations around the globe, giving them endless opportunities to road test products and find ones that really perform when up against the rigors of nonstop air travel. Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024 That is what keeps people coming back, day after day, month after month, year after year. Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024 Dropping bombs day after day across enemy lines has a difficult human component to it that’s undeniable. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024 Taking the crossword seriously results in a better puzzle—one that challenges and teaches, surprises and delights, day after day. Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024 More than 300 volunteers, many of them Palestinian boy scouts, are set to direct men toward al-Aqsa and women toward the gold-leafed Dome of the Rock, day after day. Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of day after day was in 1555

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Cite this Entry

“Day after day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20after%20day. Accessed 13 May. 2024.

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