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.
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She was rushed to the hospital and kept on life support for two days so her children could say their goodbyes.
— Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024 -
All anyone needs to do is see them together on Facebook Live every day.
— Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Bloomberg’s index is updated at the close of every trading day in New York.
— Diksha Madhok, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023 -
Some 100 tons of material from space make it to Earth every day, though most of it is small.
— Suryatapa Bhattacharya, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Two or three hundred people get together in San Diego in all sorts of fashions every day.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023 -
Your beauty intensifies every minute, every hour and every day.
— Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2023 -
Its lifeblood is the active participation and engagement of citizens every day to create a more perfect union.
— Peggy O’Neal Faith Matters, arkansasonline.com, 19 Oct. 2024 -
And though the entire run has largely gone off without a hitch, Rodrigo did experience a hiccup in Melbourne a few days prior to her first Sydney show.
— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
Levin’s phone was last on about 4 p.m. that day in Okeechobee.
— Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 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 -
One of the biggest challenges is not enough days in the week to get everything done.
— Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2023 -
Country fans who miss it will be able to stream it, still for free, on Amazon’s Freevee the next day.
— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023 -
Wrap the cookie dough in plastic wrap and chill it for at least 30 minutes or for up to 3 days.
— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2024
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