How to Use long hours in a Sentence

long hours

plural noun

• And playwrights do get some things right: The long hours.
  — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
• By 1886, workers were fed up with the long hours and low wages.
  — Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
• 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
• And Domingo said that long hours are all just part of a day’s work.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• The Garden State actor added that the long hours on set played a huge role.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
• Lately, she’s been working long hours in the kitchen to help him out.
  — Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• That’s likely because of the strain placed on the spine from long hours hunched over writing and the stress on the jaw joints.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
• But the long hours were taking a toll on his wife, Amy, and their five young children.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
• 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
• That first night — as on others — LaVey and Davis spent long hours discussing the tenets of Satanism.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
• And the staff worked some long hours looking out for everything.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• The long hours have taken a toll on her physical health.
  — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• 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
• The ride featured wide temperature swings, long hours in the saddle, and a lot of dust.
  — William Roberson, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• Chu’s father put in long hours at a Chinese restaurant in Watts.
  — Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• For me, the time has been filled working long hours with colleagues to try to figure out how all this happened.
  — Alexandra Berzon, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
• Her husband traveled for work and her daughter worked long hours on her new farm.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
• 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
• The pressure to perform can lead to long hours, often at the expense of a personal life.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Rodriguez said the limited training and long hours weighed on her.
  — Dr. Eli Cahan, ABC News, 1 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• All the while, Watt spent long hours scouring the internet for other victims.
  — WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 20 Feb 2025