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.
• That’s a huge day on the ground and a credit to the backs and the linemen.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
• 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 roach comes back on signing day, feeling on top of the world.
  — Charlie Dektar, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
• 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
• The crew members are filmed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
  — Charlotte Chilton, Men's Health, 8 Dec. 2022
• 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
• People just hung out at all hours of the day to chat with the sales staff and mechanics.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 20 Dec. 2022
• Simply put, the days of rigid, one-size-fits-all software are over.
  — Sabeer Nelliparamban, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
• The subjects sat for the first set of tests 90 days before leaving Earth.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
• Fields contributed to the Bears’ big day on the ground with eight carries for 47 yards.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Perhaps the irony over the next 10 days will prove to be that Carlo Ancelotti’s pressure-proof stars cannot get the job done over this far more vulnerable foe.
  — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
• Their days are taken up with shooting practice, lobster racing, pelting men with fruit, and slipping poison into unattended cups of tea—and best of all, there isn’t a damsel in distress in sight.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 8 Mar 2025