How to Use day in a Sentence

day

noun
  • The office is closed for the day.
  • That was the happiest day of my life.
  • She works eight hours a day.
  • He spent five days in the hospital.
  • Payment is due on the first day of every month.
  • She left on Thursday and came back four days later.
  • It costs 10 dollars a day to park there.
  • Parenthood gets better every day.
  • We're open seven days a week, 365 days a year.
  • Levin’s phone was last on about 4 p.m. that day in Okeechobee.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
  • But the hostage-release agreement collapsed two days later.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
  • The parents reported that almost half of kids did not eat a vegetable every day and about a third did not eat a fruit every day.
    Kyla Russell, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a full itinerary of activities every day on site.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Imagine having to worry like that every day in America.
    Lindsey Rupp, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Yet days after the CNN ceremony, Doyne’s youngest child was taken from her.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
  • As a day-to-day matter, the armed forces under law are not allowed to collect intelligence within the U.S.
    Peter Grier, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The agency said in a news release that Alexander had left his home before 12 p.m. that day and was expected to return from ice fishing about six hours later.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Onto her day-to-night glam: Brie applies a featherweight veil of Charlotte Tilbury’s skin-smoothing foundation.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2023
  • On the earnings call, Netflix touted viewership of about two hours per user each day, which the company said indicated an increase so far this year when compared to last year.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The expansion of the universe was accelerating—getting bigger and bigger, faster and faster, every day In other words, our cosmos is getting torn apart.
    Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Now that more men are embracing an expansive skin-care routine — and the myth that most men wash their face with a bar of soap and call it a day has been busted — Sephora is an ideal spot to snag a gift for the guy in your life.
    Allure, 3 Feb. 2023
  • As a bonus for the hostess this dip can be made up to two days ahead of time.
    Angela Brassinga, Sunset Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The next day, the rabbi was asked to name the least expensive meat.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The sides picked up the matchup the following day and the Knights scored 2 runs in the top of the final inning to earn the win.
    Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Stump: The ones that see the light of day are the ones that are fully completed.
    William Earl, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The name is a reference to Wahlberg’s early jump on the day.
    Maddie Browning, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2023
  • Leah went back to her dorm room and lay in bed for almost two days straight.
    Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Have lived in your precinct for at least 30 days before the next election.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Four days later, his son used the firearm to gun down his classmates.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The election for the School Board is held on primary day, Aug. 20.
    Cathy Swerdlow, Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2024

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