How to Use long hours in a Sentence
long hours
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By 1886, workers were fed up with the long hours and low wages.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
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There's a give-and-take to this—this Dad no doubt works long hours outside the home.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 29 Nov. 2023
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And Domingo said that long hours are all just part of a day’s work.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
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Lately, she’s been working long hours in the kitchen to help him out.
—Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
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New York is a city of long hours, tiny kitchens, cramped apartments—and dining out, a lot.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2024
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And the staff worked some long hours looking out for everything.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
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The long hours have taken a toll on her physical health.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
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That sounds like a story Glen Powell might’ve told during your long hours in the truck.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
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Chu’s father put in long hours at a Chinese restaurant in Watts.
—Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
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And they were equally dedicated to the long hours in the gym required to reach the highest level in the sport.
—Alice Park/paris, TIME, 31 July 2024
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Wage growth has begun to slow, for instance, and workers are no longer pulling such long hours.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 24 July 2023
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My brother had worked long hours with my parents at their sign-making shop in high school.
—Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
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Son Justin Kehler started at the mill at 19 and recalled working long hours with few weekends off.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
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The union has suggested that long hours — Priem worked two 14-hour days prior to the crash — may have contributed to his death.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 May 2024
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Whitworth was satisfied that long hours of preparation got him to the top of the medals podium again.
—Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2024
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After putting in long hours at a top tech company in Shenzhen for five years, she was done with that.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
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My spouse, a dedicated doctor, works long hours and doesn’t like to discuss work when not on the job.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
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Rodriguez said the limited training and long hours weighed on her.
—Dr. Eli Cahan, ABC News, 1 Feb. 2024
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In construction, you can get really caught up in working a lot of long hours and A.O. Reed was not that type.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
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But there’s a smorgasbord of challenges and long hours to feast on, if that’s your jam, not to mention the chance to work for the world’s (second) richest man.
—Kylie Robison, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
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All the while, Watt spent long hours scouring the internet for other victims.
—WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
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The idea that Dragon Lee had changed chefs was laughable: Since the start of the pandemic, the restaurant wrote, no one has wanted to work long hours in a hot kitchen.
—Jacob Sweet, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2023
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Jablonski isn’t keen on the long hours needed to be a chef at a popular restaurant.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2024
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The groups’s schedule is intense, a tough sell for police officers who work long hours.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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The four siblings were all home-schooled by their mother, while their father worked long hours to support the family.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
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In that memo, Banks describes the needs of District 5 as being great, and Hill’s expectation that her aide works long hours.
—Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
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Scores of volunteers worked long hours to rescue the aquatic mammals.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 July 2024
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Pregnancy, extended sitting, or long hours on your feet can strain your veins and cause your feet to swell.
—Nsisong Bassey, Verywell Health, 15 Mar. 2024
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The new job, in a university fundraising office, came with long hours and high-pressure goals.
—Rachel Feintzeig, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2023
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Ashleigh Johnson, one of the world’s top water polo goalies, shares the routine that keeps her skin and hair glowing, despite long hours in the water.
—Julia Wall, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
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