by day

idiom

: during the day : in daylight

She's a student by day and a waitress at night.

The area looks a lot nicer by day.

Examples of by day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the better half of the past decade, the 32-year-old Newburyport, Mass., native has been most closely associated with his role as the world's best babysitter, Steve Harrington, on Netflix's Stranger Things, a character who works at Family Video by day and fights demogorgons by night. —EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025

The hare becomes a companion, wandering the fields by day and returning to Dalton’s home by night, imparting valuable lessons about slowing down and the beauty in the unexpected. —Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025

The on-site Coco Cafe serves up Scandinavian breakfasts by day, transforming into a cozy wine bar by night, with a DJ on weekends. —Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025

Celestial Park will transform from a lush garden with dancing fountains by day into a glowing oasis filled with light, color and music at night. —Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 19 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for by day

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway
• beret