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

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Plenty of the manufacturing operations that American companies outsourced to China require the same tasks done hour after hour, day after day. Ethan Karp, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 One such example is a heeler named Gus who is slowly draining away day after day in an Indiana kennel. Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2025 What is there to say when our souls have been shattered day after day, week after week, year after year? Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025 Imagine your father coming home day after day smelling of organ meat, his clothes speckled with blood and vague fluids. Zachary Fine, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for day after day

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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“Day after day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20after%20day. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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