How to Use all hours in a Sentence
all hours
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The work closes the street all hours and days through the end of the month.
—Rosemarie Stein, OregonLive.com, 9 Jan. 2018
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The guilt of not working is enough to keep you awake all hours of the night.
—NBC News, 28 Aug. 2020
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The work has been happening all hours of the day and night.
—Linda Gandee, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2020
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The park is open all hours and there is no cost to access it.
—Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Nov. 2020
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The streets of Beijing are clogged with L.A.-style gridlock all hours of the day.
—Bradley Berman, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2018
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The ramp will remain closed all hours and days for about four months.
—oregonlive, 6 May 2022
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In recent years, that has meant posting all hours of the day, most days of the week.
—Ella Koeze, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
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This, from someone that would turn the volume all the way up at any and all hours.
—Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 May 2021
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The roadway will be closed to all users all hours and days through Friday, Nov. 12.
—oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2021
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The closure will be all hours and days through 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14.
—oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2023
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All hourly workers will get a $2 per hour bonus for all hours worked from Jan. 1 to April 15.
—Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2022
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Three men at the big front desk, guests coming and going all hours. . . .
—Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
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The pleading text messages would come at all hours of the day and night from Kabul, Afghanistan.
—Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2023
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This house in particular has light all hours of the day.
—Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
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The rumble of trains pulling in and out of Union Station on the tracks above creates a steady din, and the blare of horns and sirens pierces all hours of the day.
—Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
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At all hours of the day, the beach is lined with people who are unbowed and determined to spend time on the waves.
—George McCalman, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2020
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Musicians were encouraged to pop in this black hole of a place and jam all hours of the night.
—J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2021
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Teenagers are still loitering outside all hours of the night.
—Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021
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With Harry now in Hartford, Sue stays up through all hours of the night to watch the Athletic play.
—Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 17 May 2021
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Stars twinkle at night, and all hours of the day, in professional sports.
—George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
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The closure is for all vehicles and is all hours and days through 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11.
—oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2019
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There is air travel happening all hours and all day and night.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2023
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There are still liquor stores along Bexar where men spend all hours killing time, sometimes selling drugs.
—Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2020
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The church is open all hours of the day and night to prayer by parish members, and there was one person parked at the church when the vandalism occurred.
—Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2022
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The surge has kept Escamilla and her co-workers busy during all hours of their shifts.
—Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
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In the department’s plan, officers would be required to work in two 12-hour shifts to cover all hours of the day.
—Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2020
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The sirens [zip] up and down the aves as regularly as subway trains, all hours, per calamity’s timetable.
—Walton Muyumba, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
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The crimes have been occurring throughout all hours of darkness.
—Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2017
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One reason is that nuclear plants can run at all hours, in any season.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
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Patients came at all hours to pick up medications, ask questions and get shots.
—USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
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