How to Use all hours in a Sentence

all hours

plural noun

• The work closes the street all hours and days through the end of the month.
  — Rosemarie Stein, OregonLive.com, 9 Jan. 2018
• The guilt of not working is enough to keep you awake all hours of the night.
  — NBC News, 28 Aug. 2020
• The work has been happening all hours of the day and night.
  — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2020
• The park is open all hours and there is no cost to access it.
  — Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Nov. 2020
• The streets of Beijing are clogged with L.A.-style gridlock all hours of the day.
  — Bradley Berman, Popular Mechanics, 4 May 2018
• The ramp will remain closed all hours and days for about four months.
  — oregonlive, 6 May 2022
• 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
• 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
• The roadway will be closed to all users all hours and days through Friday, Nov. 12.
  — oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2021
• The closure will be all hours and days through 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 14.
  — oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2023
• 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
• Three men at the big front desk, guests coming and going all hours. . . .
  — Colson Whitehead, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• 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
• This house in particular has light all hours of the day.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Musicians were encouraged to pop in this black hole of a place and jam all hours of the night.
  — J.d. Crowe | [e-mail], al, 4 Aug. 2021
• Teenagers are still loitering outside all hours of the night.
  — Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Stars twinkle at night, and all hours of the day, in professional sports.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• The closure is for all vehicles and is all hours and days through 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 11.
  — oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2019
• There is air travel happening all hours and all day and night.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2023
• There are still liquor stores along Bexar where men spend all hours killing time, sometimes selling drugs.
  — Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2020
• 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
• The surge has kept Escamilla and her co-workers busy during all hours of their shifts.
  — Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
• 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
• 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
• The crimes have been occurring throughout all hours of darkness.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2017
• The season of spending all hours outside is here, meaning that dirt, grass, and dust are more likely to pile up in your home.
  — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
• Once combined, the space would have windows facing north, south, east, and west, allowing light to flood the home during all hours of the day.
  — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 26 July 2019

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024