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Definition of day in English: daynoun deɪdeɪ 1Each of the twenty-four-hour periods, reckoned from one midnight to the next, into which a week, month, or year is divided, and corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis. they only met a few days ago we'll leave the day after tomorrow ‘What day is it?’ ‘Sunday’ she spent five days in hospital Example sentencesExamples - The appeals process took a total of seven years, one month, and fifteen days.
- He was jailed for six months and 14 days and banned from driving for two years.
- We then compared the total numbers of patients on each day of each lunar month.
- She had been back for a total of two months and five days and already she was a target.
- They can last for days, weeks or months and vary from mild to severe.
- Migraines tend to occur at intervals; there may be days, weeks or months between attacks.
- There ought to be twenty-nine days in every month, not just leap year Februaries.
- It will take the next few days, months and years for the families to try to recover from this.
- The decisions made in the first minutes, days and months will shape it for years to come.
- Seeing that tomorrow is the first day of another month I must make some real resolutions for February.
- Why should people have to suffer their last days, months or even years on Earth in pain and misery?
- Their spouses always complain about not seeing them for days, months or even years.
- His last visitors had been more than a month ago, thirty-two days to be precise.
- There is a consensus now among the war planners that the war may take months, not days or weeks.
- I love him dearly but could never contemplate having to live with him twenty four hours a day seven days a week every day of the year.
- Each post carries a salary of £7,931 a year for a commitment of two days a month.
- She received physiotherapy treatments for her back five days a week for a three month period.
- The workshops will run for one and a half hours five days a week for one month at a time.
- Earlier this month he spent ten days in the city which will host this year's Olympics in August.
- The years, months, days, hours drift by, and you can hear it getting louder.
Synonyms twenty-four-hour period, full day, twenty-four hours, working day technical solar day, sidereal day - 1.1 The part of a day when it is light; the time between sunrise and sunset.
Example sentencesExamples - By day I was glued to my walkman, walking round in a daze listening to the show.
- By day the sunshine and palm trees can make it seem like paradise, a true City of Angels.
- By day he works as the personal assistant for the boss of a haulage firm.
- Alphaeus had now fully risen, and was lighting the cloudless day with ease.
- Even the diffused light of a cloudy day provides enough energy to produce a current.
- This is the first day with light winds which would mean a longer roll out on the cart.
- By day, it's a video gallery, with tall white walls, a huge dome and a giant blue ball.
- By day we chase the enemy back four trenches; by night they send us down to the sea.
- By day, it would reveal a planet as awesomely beautiful and abundant in natural wealth as ever.
- Some days, it's hard to even raise my head from under the duvet as I lie in my favourite foetal position, warm and safe.
- Fires should not be lit on a windy day because wind-driven sparks and hot ash can start blazes elsewhere.
- Moths bob around in balls of phosphorescent light, and the day's heat emanates from the ground.
- Now she works at an administrative job by day but is a filmmaker at night and on the weekends.
- Then, he headed for Egypt and saw the whole country in two weeks, travelling by night, exploring by day.
Synonyms daytime, daylight, daylight hours, hours of light, hours of sunlight, broad daylight, waking hours, the waking day - 1.2 The part of a day spent working.
he works an eight-hour day Example sentencesExamples - While it might be dark before we get home from work now, at least there'll be light to start the day.
- We had also put in some hard days in training and in planning for the game.
- Working eight-hour days, it has been hard for the cast to stay focused and nerves do occasionally fray.
- His pride got the better of him and he agreed - on condition that she did his job for a day.
- A night out was just the tonic I needed after three whole days of hard work.
- After a hard day at the office they couldn't possibly be expected to cook for themselves, could they?
- My last day in this job is rapidly approaching and I think I have the perfect itinerary planned.
- Doesn't every footballer need to slip into something more comfortable after a hard day on the pitch?
- It is an excellent way to spend a chilly evening and a great way to wind down after a hard day.
- They have to be content with a few hundred rupees after a hard day's labour at sea.
- The captain has had a hard day with no break and is ready to eat and relax a little.
- We have had two hard days on the water and I have come nearly to the limit of my endurance.
- I'm based in Naas but travel throughout the day in my job so have to move around a lot.
- He denied he had been nervous and said it had just been a hard day.
- Down on the farm my job for the day is to feed the pot-bellied pigs.
- By the end of the first day all my hard work was repaid in smiles, memories and new friends.
- The workers' last paycheck only paid them through noon of their final day on the job.
- The warm water is lovely and relaxing - and guaranteed to remove the stresses and strains of a hard day.
- With the glass empty, Australians will hand over power to ensure a beer after a hard day's work.
- Besides the regulars, there are some who come here to relax especially after a hard day.
- 1.3Astronomy A single rotation of a planet in relation to its primary.
Example sentencesExamples - Why do we not get a total eclipse once every 28 days i.e. once every lunar orbit?
- 1.4Astronomy The period on a planet when its primary star is above the horizon.
- 1.5archaic, literary mass noun Daylight.
by the time they had all gone it was broad day Example sentencesExamples - Hayes breathed out in reverence as he watched the day spreading across the planet.
Synonyms daytime, daylight, daylight hours, hours of light, hours of sunlight, broad daylight, waking hours, the waking day
2also daysA particular period of the past; an era. the laws were very strict in those days Example sentencesExamples - It would be a fine thing to have food prepared as it was for festive occasions in days gone by.
- Horses should not be just something from days gone by, but part of the future.
- There are the usual family shots, newspaper clippings, and other photos of days gone by.
- In days gone by, you tended not to travel as far or as much as you do today.
- It is an ancient village, a very important village in days gone by.
- As we think back to days gone by, we tend to focus on certain sounds, smells or tastes.
- In days gone by we were able to explain wars in simple terms of good and evil.
- On a normal week day I had around 40 houses to deliver to and in those days a single daily paper was pretty slim.
- He was a pleasant man who tended to tell horrible jokes and reminisce too much about days gone by.
- In days gone by it was a refreshing experience eating at someone else's house.
- The staff have a thousand stories of golf stars who have stayed at the hotel in days gone by.
- The island's only stately home is a testament to the grandeur of days gone by.
- In days gone by, traffic wardens were known as the extra police force, for parking and traffic control.
- People dressed up in period costume to re-enact days gone by.
- It's not far from here down to the Thames, and the river was even closer in days gone by.
- The old forge, which was very much part of rural Ireland in days gone by, is also worth viewing.
- He was happy to meet the old men of the village and talk of the days gone by.
- Most of the time, he did not have the time or energy to think of days gone by.
- I believe similar blood flows in the veins of men and women such as flowed in the veins of the martyrs in days gone by.
- She had many stories and recollections from days gone by.
Synonyms period, time, point in time, age, era, epoch, generation - 2.1the day The present time.
the political issues of the day Example sentencesExamples - The festival provides an opportunity for people to connect with important science of the day.
- These are large meetings convened by the Council to focus on some strategic concerns of the day.
- They feature a wide diversity of opinion concerning the war and other social and political issues of the day.
- 2.2usually with modifier days A particular period in a person's life or career.
Example sentencesExamples - I remember in my childhood days when people believed in a multitude of signs or omens.
- It was really fun hearing about his acting days at grammar school, and hearing about teachers.
- It remained an inside joke, loved only by aging graduates who were reminded of their student days.
- Her days as a single mother living on income support must now seem like a distant memory.
- Far more widespread is the network of close friendships, often going back to university days or previous jobs.
- With encouragement from my father, he'd spent much of his schoolboy days training at a local gym.
- In the early days of Pete's career he dabbled with the idea of becoming a keyboard player.
- Staging of dramas during his school and college days helped him in facing the camera.
- The supposed twilight days of his career provided him with countless afternoons in the sun.
- 2.3one's day The most active or successful period of a person's life or career.
he had been a star in his day Example sentencesExamples - Ive done a lot of different workouts in my day.
- Although he has since been mostly forgotten, South was a very prominent astronomer in his day.
Synonyms heyday, prime, hour, time, best days, best years, maturity peak, pinnacle, height, zenith, ascendancy youth, vigour, springtime, salad days, full flowering, bloom - 2.4one's days The remaining period of someone's life.
she cared for him for the rest of his days Example sentencesExamples - We had a meal I'll remember until the end of my days.
- So she is living with us now and we will keep her for the rest of her days.
Phrases (of something unusual or difficult) accepted as part of someone's normal routine or as a matter of course. dodging sharks is all in a day's work for some scientists Example sentencesExamples - For this professional photographer, being surrounded by beautiful babes in expensive frocks is all in a day's work.
- Bottle feeding 22 fox cubs night after night is not a task many people would relish - but for Veronica it's all in a day's work.
- For the officer, it was all in a day's work, and he still dismisses the suggestion he is a hero.
- Helping a neighbour with their shopping, taking the dog for a walk or doing a spot of gardening is all in a day's work for these loyal volunteers.
- For Mrs Lawrence, fighting for what she believes in is all in a day's work.
- Anything from dog walking to helping youngsters with their sums - it's all in a day's work for two enterprising 14-year-olds from Thundersley.
- Exciting stuff, but all in a day's work for Ms Lawlor.
- Rearing turkeys and looking after other fowl was all in a day's work for Mae.
- For him and his business partner, environmental disasters are all in a day's work.
- And standing knee-deep in sewage dealing with blocked waterways, pollution and flooding is all in a day's work for the 30-year-old from Nantwich.
- For a celebrity, spending $300 for less than two ounces of skin cream is all in a day's work.
- Sizing up the competition, while simultaneously baiting the media, is all in a day's work for this budding entrepreneur.
- I have been doing it for 30 years so it is all in a day's work.
- Reporting accidents and injuries is all in a day's work for editorial staff at the Evening Press.
- Detecting drugs, explosives and human remains are all in a day's work for the dogs in the police force.
1informal At any time or under any circumstances (used to express a strong opinion or preference) we could beat them any day Example sentencesExamples - Regardless of the quality of the opposition three goals and 12 points is a fair score any day of the week.
- I like a lively house, with good debates, on any day of the week.
- And he could take me in a fight any day of the week.
- Give me a decent book over the TV any day of the week.
- Your life experience is more important than a communications, engineering, medicine or arts degree any day of the week.
- I'll choose a company with ideals they're trying to live up to over a business that's aiming for the status quo any day of the week.
- What's more, if I was there, I'd back that attractive, young candidate any day of the week.
- I'd rather have the Rolling Stones any day of the week.
- They're people you would welcome as neighbours any day of the week.
- Me, I'd prefer to walk the streets of New York - any day of the week.
- I would still take the heat and humidity over the cold any day of the week.
- I would rather work in an office any day of the week, even an IT office, over caring for small kids.
- I explained that such comparisons, if offered seriously in print, would lose a libel suit any day of the week.
she's expected to give birth any day now Example sentencesExamples - Expect to see inquiries in Denmark, Poland and Spain any day soon.
- The elephant is just short of her first birthday and is due to give birth any day!
- The August Issue of the Placebo Journal will be printed any day and mailed soon thereafter.
- Looks like I should expect a knock at the door from the police any day soon.
- There are no signs of either of these events coming to pass any day soon, but he is adamant that they will.
- Though the first broadcast of the radio station is due any day, the recording studio has yet to be built.
- The Republican convention is set to cruise into town any day.
- The ticket for Bob should be arriving any day soon.
- In fact, I think they will agree that any day will be too soon.
the campaign is growing by the day Example sentencesExamples - She's in seventh grade now, growing taller by the day and living life in the moment.
- Opposition to the occupying forces seems to be growing stronger by the day.
- What an astonishing scientific scandal this is, and growing by the day.
- The casualty list has been mounting by the day.
- On a more positive note, Ollie's getting stronger by the day, and is sitting up on my lap right now.
- The mood among the remaining staff was worsening by the day.
- The parliament is gradually getting its act together and is growing in confidence by the day.
- Well now, it is getting closer to our moving date and i am feeling more and more drained by the day.
- And the case for that full-scale independent enquiry becomes stronger by the day.
- In the shanty towns the conditions of the poor grow worse by the day.
- The new companies were losing millions by the day but no-one seemed to care.
- This is a dynamic landscape, where the changes come by the day, by the hour.
- They start quarrelling on trivial matters, which assume serious dimensions by the day.
- He is becoming more European by the day, almost in spite of himself.
- I have a long list of people who I need to send emails to, and it's growing by the day.
- At the moment their numbers are small, but the audience for their ideas is growing by the day.
- The power of the nation state and its politicians wanes by the day.
- Unfortunately neither would give in and so the gap gets wider by the day.
- There's not enough firewood and Uncle Boris grows weaker by the day.
- The obvious is becoming more obvious by the day, as this story from the Sunday Times makes clear.
Decide or agree to stop doing something. after three marriages, many men would have been more than ready to call it a day Example sentencesExamples - The shopkeepers also downed their shutters and the other establishments also decided to call it a day.
- The group called it a day after Charlie Simpson decided to leave.
- But poorish health and frustration with the constant squabbling at the academy made him decide to call it a day.
- We decided to call it a day and wend our way back to York by as many country lanes as possible.
- An hour or so later, Kelley and Eben had decided to call it a day and get to bed.
- It's not a fun job, scanning negatives, and I decided to call it a day when I'd finished the first film.
- After two years of getting up at 6am he decided to call it a day.
- With the wind increasing, the heavy rain being blown in my face I decided to call it a day.
- We were late arrivals and calling it a day, we decided just after midnight to put our heads down for the night.
- Our legs were beginning to ache so we decided to call it a day.
- An hour or so of being battered by wind and rain, with only one small fish each, we decided to call it a day.
- After a few more takes Stanley wisely decided to call it a day.
- Worn out by years of struggling for proper financing, she decided to call it a day.
- However, at 52 he has decided to call it a day and let his colleagues carry on the work.
- But what is certain is that when these two great champions do decide to call it a day, the game of tennis will be all the poorer for it.
- And at 60 for two, with 13 overs of play still scheduled, both sides agreed to call it a day.
- She has spent over forty years looking after the people of Kildavin and decided to call it a day.
- At this point, late in the afternoon, I decided to call it a day and head back to camp.
- After half a century of haircutting, an Amesbury salon owner has decided to hang up his scissors and call it a day.
- It was when Alvar hit his head on a low branch that overhung the trail that they decided to call it a day.
Synonyms admit defeat, concede defeat, stop trying, give up, give in, surrender, capitulate, be beaten
On each successive day over a long period. the rain poured down day after day Example sentencesExamples - It's getting worse day after day, and no one has been able to put an end to it.
- If the media play the same theme day after day, the masses will accept it as fact, even in the absence of evidence.
- She said it was very sad to see the building falling into disrepair day after day.
- There was only one tree outside her grandmother's house, and Rose sat underneath it day after day.
- Like his mother and his grandmother, he combed his hair day after day, collecting the hair that came loose.
- Without question, it takes more than just good players to lure people out here day after day.
- This continued day after day, till late at night when Kano was at the point of exhaustion.
- Why would anybody report to work day after day to a place they simply detest?
- I watched the flower in our backyard, day after day, as the huge purple petals unfolded.
- In the first three or four years, ballet means repeating several basic skills day after day.
- A Selby burglar who targeted the same shop, day after day, has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
- The Little owls are often out during the day and often perch in the same place day after day.
- I would like to focus on crimes against women, which are mounting day after day.
- I remember thinking, right in that moment, how he must wear away the streets, pacing up and down, day after day.
- Working in an air conditioned building day after day certainly hasn't helped.
- They would linger together, day after day, inhaling the scents of this faraway world.
- I stood there on the streets, day after day, during those demonstrations.
- I doubt she read all of it, though I do recall the reading going on day after day for what seemed an eternity.
- I don't know how much longer I could have gone on, seeing good theatre day after day.
- The bridge has been making news for the wrong reasons almost day after day.
Synonyms repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, on many occasions, many times over daily, every day, a day at a time
the district is patrolled day and night Example sentencesExamples - Meinertzhagen went into overdrive, working day and night to persuade staff and clients to stay.
- Local police and hunters are working day and night to track the surviving wolves down.
- Organisers had a word of praise for the artists engaged day and night in the preparation of the idols.
- Robin laughs non-stop day and night, pausing only for meals and medication breaks.
- The construction crews work day and night to add more and more skyscrapers to the skylines.
- Demetriou said he wondered day and night why his friend ended his life so brutally.
- Making this decision is on my mind day and night.
- Although cigarette buts are swept up each day it is hard to be at it day and night.
- This question has haunted me day and night since I first moved to Calgary three years ago.
- Like the miners, I was busy day and night, trying to get a church erected and furnished.
- And to add to their fury, the cars' alarms are going off day and night apparently for no reason.
- Our doctor, the health visitor and even the drivers worked day and night and exhausted the medicine.
- They do a wonderful job day and night, hail, rain or snow, thinking of others and not themselves.
- The nurses had worked day and night for two weeks to get this ship ready to receive wounded.
- They had been labouring day and night for many months to finish the palace.
- His captain, Pullen said, wore his oilskins day and night, and vomited all the time.
- People came into my house to answer the phone, which was ringing day and night.
Synonyms always, all the time, the entire time, continually, continuously, persistently, repeatedly, regularly
On each successive day; gradually and steadily. Example sentencesExamples - Residents are less vocal, but the rumblings are getting louder day by day.
- It's been a mild winter and, day by day, there's a little more warmth in the sunshine.
- Of course, we are an island race, but perhaps less so, day by day.
- As a matter of fact, the significance of media is increasing day by day.
- The publication of curricular material, however, is decreasing day by day.
- When I was born I was very small, but I grew day by day and became a plump, chubby child.
- There are no guarantees but the signs are growing more encouraging day by day.
- It had slowly dwindled day by day as the news of his accident became old hat.
- Our troops are doing their best to keep up with them, but they grow in number day by day.
- Everyone accepts that the creek is environmentally degrading day by day, but no action is taken to arrest it.
- Education expanded and conditions were getting better day by day.
- If anything, it seemed to be increasing day by day as the truth of her situation gradually dawned on her.
- Not the one I would like, but one I am working to improve, day by day.
- The pressure for a full public inquiry is now growing day by day.
- And yet our global demand for oil continues to increase, day by day.
- Everybody is doing worse economically day by day.
- Inch by inch, day by day, his personal space is being annexed.
- According to the curator of the gallery, paintings are gaining in importance day by day.
- Something begins to grow - slowly, meticulously, thoughtfully, day by day, month after month.
- We're going to show you day by day, story by story that our credibility has been restored.
Synonyms gradually, bit by bit, by degrees, by stages, inchmeal, inch by inch, little by little, step by step, slowly, slowly but surely, steadily, progressively daily, every day, day after day, a day at a time
Continuously or repeatedly over a long period of time. I worked with you day in, day out Example sentencesExamples - Ironically, Terri thinks he's ‘the most boring person alive’ because he works from dawn to dusk, day in, day out.
- The job he did is done by police officers day in, day out.’
- Right up until my hard drive crashed, it booted fast, ran fast, and was stable - day in, day out.
- For we mothers and fathers often wish to escape the terrifying job of being responsible for someone else day in, day out, for 18 or so years.
- Hundreds upon hundreds of people pass through the doors day in, day out.
- But our services and police do a heroic job for this country day in, day out.
- After enjoying the variety that my current job affords me, I don't know if I could go back to doing the same thing day in, day out.
- Detainees live day in, day out with agonising uncertainty about the duration of their detention.
- TEN hours a day, seven days a week, day in, day out, for the past thirteen years.
- Would you want that person with you day in, day out, for years?
- Have the police been there steadily, day in, day out?
- Royal duties day in, day out; week in, week out; year in, year out…
- Imagine how boring life would be if you had to stick to the same stuff day in, day out.
- We need a health debate that talks less about emergency care and more about what millions of people are living with day in, day out.
- ‘Also, doing the same thing day in, day out, you are more prone to injuries,’ she says.
- The results are a tribute to all the staff at the Evening Press who work day in, day out to deliver a great service to our readers.
- It was a tremendous amount of effort - day in, day out.
- For 42 million people it's there day in, day out - a constant reminder of mortality.
- My condolences to the poor bus drivers who have to drive this route day in, day out.
- Whatever way you look at it, the sad fact remains that carnage continues on our roads day in, day out.
Synonyms repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, day after day, on many occasions, many times over
The time when past mistakes or misdeeds must be punished or paid for. a day of reckoning will come for those in the security service Example sentencesExamples - The day of reckoning cannot be postponed indefinitely.
- But there comes the day of reckoning when statements drop through the letter box and interest charges and penalty payments are revealed.
- The day of reckoning soon came; the computer leasing companies took large write-offs and the business disappeared.
- Sunday was a day of reckoning, when the harshness of this past winter's riding made itself known.
- If your employees don't do the work effectively or efficiently, then sooner or later the day of reckoning will come and the company will close.
- Buy-to-let may have postponed our day of reckoning, but it's still coming - and soon.
- Continue on as you have and a day of reckoning will find you.
- This was the final hour, and his day of reckoning.
- He just hung on as long as he could until the day of reckoning.
- There will be a day of reckoning for our lying Prime Minister.
- But the decadence and blindness on display in that nation simply mean that the inevitable day of reckoning will be that much more convulsive.
- Some day, on that day of reckoning, they will have to account for their crime against human language!
- Economists say we may be headed toward a day of reckoning.
- And that day of reckoning, I think, is starting to show up in the dropping re - enlistment rates.
- The worry is whether, given the huge imbalances in their economy, they may be postponing the day of reckoning.
- Finally, Is the day of reckoning for Bangalore's honeymoon with the IT sector closer than we expect?
- After years of cavalier behaviour, the day of reckoning for the British insurance industry was long overdue.
- The statute of limitations on war crimes does not run out, and the day of reckoning will come.
- If we continue along the pace we are now, it's unsustainable and there will have to be some day of reckoning.
- When Jerry declines, Newman threatens him by shouting, ‘Your day of reckoning will come.’
Synonyms judgement day, day of judgement, day of retribution, final accounting, final settlement
children need a firm hand from day one Example sentencesExamples - Old Walnuts has been the best character in the show from day one.
- Just because they're qualified doesn't mean they're productive from day one.
- I have a new flatmate, and we have had problems from day one.
- That is the quandary we have been in from day one.
- Unfortunately, from day one in the job, Mitchell has paid no heed to his or the team's public image.
- It's had this problem from day one and no one seems to care or notice.
- The film's makers were on the defensive from day one.
- Had government come out and explained the deal from day one, I am certain that this firestorm would have been quelled long ago.
- He was determined, from day one, that this was not going to get out of control.
- It's all about making those who come to the project feel comfortable from day one.
- CNN Financial News correspondent Steve Young has been following this case from day one.
- This guy, from day one, was among the finest examples of sportsmanlike playing that the game has seen.
- But the one thing I'll give Jessica, she's had a great attitude about it from day one.
- I was apprehensive about my daughter's choice of professions from day one.
- But party observers felt that the strategy had been wrong from day one.
- I've had a very good relationship with him from day one, both professionally and personally, and it's still good now.
- Hence, the idea is costing dollars from day one, and for an inferior product.
- I've said from day one that my property is in good condition and I stick by that.
- But it could be because we grew up with each other from day one.
- He'd had Finnegan in his class since the very beginning, and from day one, he knew she was going to be a tough one.
usually with negativeBe in no hurry. people who don't have all day to queue Example sentencesExamples - I am a very busy man and I don't have all day you know!
- I was in a rush to get my machine built that night so I didn't have all day to browse around.
- You have all day to study these documents.
- She had all day to devote to the task, as the next day was a Saturday.
- I didn't have all day, so I turned around and walked back the way I'd come.
- He had all day to find something, and he swore to himself he would.
- We had all day to get the test done, so we went out and did everything real methodically.
- He toyed with the idea of trying to explain but realised he probably did not have all day, so he just shrugged.
- He had been dawdling with the ball on the halfway line as if he had all day to make up his mind.
have had one's (or its) day Be no longer popular, successful, or influential. power dressing has had its day Example sentencesExamples - The feeling was that canals had had their day and they couldn't see any freight traffic evolving on the canal.
- I mean, I wasn't going to be using my old roller blades or skateboard again, and my blue fluffy slippers had had their day.
- That style has had its day, and not only in politics.
- Opera that was once just a vehicle for famous singers, orchestras and conductors, has had its day.
- I hope it is not true that hang gliders have had their day and that only a limited number will continue to fly.
- We are now more than halfway through 2003, and the concerns raised by some of the other parties have had their day.
- Airedale Beagles have had their day, you might think.
- ‘The annexe is a very old building and has had its day,’ he said.
- Paper gift vouchers - the last resort of the imaginatively challenged - have had their day.
- Do you think that he has had his day, or are there still insights there?
- Verse plays may be making a comeback, but religious verse plays may have had their day.
- These were often breads or ale, which have had their day as presents.
- The lad has had his day, so don't hold your breath for the sequel.
- Belfast-born Nobel peace prize winner Mairead Maguire told protesters: ‘War has had its day.’
- Perhaps the '50s style public intellectual has had her day.
- I do wonder if he has had his day, and would have better spent his time pursuing other avenues within politics.
- I think the fact that it's mostly men making the mistake shows that those old stereotypes have had their day.
- Maybe feminism has had its day, but just think of what the next wave of women could accomplish.
- One lesson she had learned from Cannes was that big action movies and special effects seemed to have had their day.
- No, Hannibal, Face, Murdoch and BA have had their day, glorious as it was, and we should remember them as they were.
if he (or she etc.) is a day At least (appended to a statement about a person's age) he must be seventy if he's a day Example sentencesExamples - She is 30 if she is a day.
- Picture an old lady that is eighty if she is a day.
- She is 80 if she is a day, but what she lacks in manoeuvrability she makes up for in enthusiasm.
- He is fifty years old if he is a day; his hair is all gone in front, and he has the complexion of a lobster.
- She went to Lincoln and she rode without a ticket, although she must be 70 if she is a day.
- The consensus was, confirmed independently by any number of passers-by, that ‘this donkey is twelve years old if he is a day.’
- Shmerl is 70 years of age if he is a day.
- Isabella is 70 if she is a day, stands about 4 foot 5 and is almost as broad as she is tall.
- Honestly, you'd think that woman (bless her heart) would know how to make a decent tuna casserole bein’ as old as she is (45 if she is a day).
- Fred is 90 if he is a day.
you can't be too careful in this day and age Example sentencesExamples - It's ridiculous that in this day and age, the manure is allowed to drop onto the roadway and remain there.
- But if you think about it, who in this day and age can do anything without electricity?
- I suppose it shows that no town is exempt from violence in this day and age.
- Even in this day and age, there are those who face a cold and hungry Christmas.
- Its almost unseemly in this day and age to have so many children - still, she's rich.
- I don't feel the least sorry for them, not in this day and age, when birth control is cheap and easy.
- But really: do people still think like that about the television set, in this day and age?
- But in this day and age, the very idea of any woman having to wait to be asked is intriguing to say the least.
- Can anybody seriously see the public acquiescing to such restrictions in this day and age?
- Is this a heat of the moment response or a planned reaction to sporting events in this day and age?
- In a fit of need - who can live without a printer in this day and age?
- The school concern regarding drug taking is valid, however this is a problem all schools have to cope with in this day and age.
- You don't think of it in this day and age of computers and telephones.
- It is time we realized that in this day and age of science we do not need these prehistoric doctrines to rule our lives.
- It is generally accepted in this day and age that the free market is the best way of providing most of the goods and services we want.
- Imagine, in this day and age, not being able to turn your pack of biscuits around and find out what's in them.
- They want information and in this day and age there is information galore to wallow in.
- I find it mind-boggling that people can believe such nonsense in this day and age.
- Certain areas are not safe for certain people, which is a pretty sad statement in this day and age.
- Lets be honest about it, in this day and age there are enough things to worry about, if you choose to, to keep you going for year.
Synonyms nowadays, at the present time, these days, in these times, at this time, in this day and age, now, just now, right now, currently, at present, at the present moment, at this moment in time
Used to convey that someone has experienced a day of successive misfortunes. not your day, is it, darling Example sentencesExamples - It was not Pete 's day, as only five laps later the Celica was in the shrubbery and he was walking back to the pits.
- Today is definitely not my day; everything I touch is a big flop!
- ‘It was not Anil 's day,’ said Jeremy adding, ‘He could have done better’.
- The A's were the better team and should have won but it was not their day.
- ‘Tergat did everything he could,’ says Haile. ‘He was simply unlucky that it was not his day.’
- He is a very nice person, very friendly and polite but today was not his day.
- ‘It's just not my day,’ she groaned holding her head in her hands.
- There are bound to be days when it doesn't come off, when your timing is just off, when it's just not your day.
- Avery sighed again, and thought to herself, ‘This is not my day!’
- A sniper was in our school as I continued to think that this was not my day.
- It was clearly not Coventry 's day, and leaving the field to a chorus of boos was no surprise.
- Today is not my day, she thought, tears welling up in her eyes.
- This is not my day, she thought in frustration as she walked back to the guard.
- Unfortunately for Neiman and his friends, today was not their day.
- Naas told me that sometimes you go on the field and you just know it's not your day.
- With a yellow card against him already for upending an opponent in the first period this was certainly not his day.
- ‘Ugh… not my day… ‘She grumbled getting up and dusting off.’
- Balla gave it their all but it was just not their day.
1At a particular but unspecified time in the past. one day a boy started teasing Grady Example sentencesExamples - And who knows, I might need a job as a lobbyist with them one of these days.
- Someone is going to get killed that way one of these days.
- I mentioned earlier you might wind up on the U.S. Supreme Court one of these days.
- We look forward to you getting a straightforward answer to that question one of these days.
- I guess it's canned spaghetti for lunch; I really have to go shopping for food one of these days.
- Because one of these days, the Democrats are going to be in the majority.
- I also heard that he'll come by, one of these days, to meet with the people.
- They are questions we will all be forced to deal with one of these days.
- And Jane, I really do hope you plan to do a story on female scientists one of these days.
- The volunteers would also appreciate payment one of these days - something that has not yet happened.
- How lucky would I be to see her cheery little face walking up my drive one of these days?
- She says it's going to get her killed one of these days, and I believe her.
- I hope to do a Weekender front page story on Tunisia one of these days soon.
- God, my rapier wit will get me in trouble one of these days.
- It's about sleep, a subject I've been researching for a novel that I hope will get written one of these days.
- My guess is that common sense will make a comeback one of these days.
- I will understand the concept of discipline one of these days.
- I'll pop by there one of these days and see if that wooden house is still there.
- He lives over in Cayman Brac, and one of these days, I am going to go over there and meet him in person.
- The committee members told me that one of these days, I might face the problem of getting arrested.
- 1.1At a particular but unspecified time in the future.
our wishes will come true one of these days he would one day be a great President
A day when several things go wrong. it was just one of those days Example sentencesExamples - I am having one of those days today and here you can see the results.
- Ever have one of those days where you're really glad that it's over and it's Friday?
- I should just go home to bed, because I can tell it's gonna be one of those days.
- This was one of those days, one which is still hard to come to terms with.
- It's been one of those days - rubbish weather and a lousy ride into work.
informal That is very unlikely. ‘I may have missed something.’ ‘That'll be the day.’ Example sentencesExamples - How about something more original, like spending limits based on inflation and population growth? Yeah, that'll be the day.
- Hope you're all behaving. (Yeah that'll be the day!!)
he's drinking far too much these days Example sentencesExamples - Cuts used to be an infrequent occurrence but these days we seem to have them regularly in our area.
- So often these days I find myself watching and thinking things will never be the same.
- The world seems such a small place these days, but he instantly made it feel much bigger.
- Have you noticed the fashion these days for people to get a tattoo on various parts of their body?
- His legs may be a bit weary these days, but his presence is everything to his young charges.
- Most people these days appear to have no idea about how you are supposed to behave in a public space.
- In spite of my love of almost all flowers I don't often buy from the florist these days.
- I was then flabbergasted by the cost of wool these days, and how few shops stock it.
- We all work long hours these days, but many men try to make up for it when they get home.
- Choice, in fact, is what is missing from too much of the professional game these days.
- Just because we have a few women in power it does not mean women have it made these days.
- Trouble is, most families I know these days are nearly always in a state of war anyway.
- You can't pick up a newspaper these days without thinking that the world has gone mad.
- Wander into any large bookshop these days and you will find a rack devoted to Internet poker.
- It's just a pity there doesn't really seem to be any proper youth culture these days.
- We hear a lot about how much it costs a student to get a university degree in the UK these days.
- He laughs at his own contradictions, a lot more comfortable in his own skin these days.
- His name is much in the news and on the op-ed pages these days, if you're looking out for it.
- His city has a sense of embattlement these days, reminiscent of London in the blitz.
- This just sums up everything about the state of the royal family these days, I think.
Used to assert that a particular past time was better than the present. the sixties, those were the days Example sentencesExamples - I start reliving my memories of one-on-one hockey games with David, the laughing, the smiling, the teaching, those were the days.
- Running away from our daily chores and duties, grabbing a sweet treat from the Kitchen before supper, those were the days.
- The Roaring '20s. Ahhh, those were the days when life was simple and travel was an art.
- And those were the days when you could still get generous grants for poor families.
- Oh those were the days when I could dance all night.
- Mom and Dad get all nostalgic about Amin Sayani and Radio Ceylon, and how those were the days etc.
- Oh, but those were the days… ‘The king drifted off, staring into his nostalgic past, muttering.’
- Ah, those were the days… when a young, nubile female could hitchhike safely in this country…
- And when I moved to Paraph and trained under the Wise Masters… oh, those were the days!
- Now as a lieutenant colonel, I look back at those times with a gleam In my eye… those were the days!
- Ahhh… those were the days… Wish the kids could've met him.
- Oh, those were the days… We'll always have the memories.
it's four years to the day since he was killed Example sentencesExamples - For the other driver was the same woman who crashed into her at exactly the same place at the same time of day almost a year ago to the day.
- It also marked a year to the day since he clinched an unprecedented third term for Labour at the general election.
- If the appeal starts as scheduled, it will open a year to the day since the group flew to Greece to begin the fateful trip.
- The couple married two years ago and, almost a year to the day, had their first child.
- I have calculated it to the day and I can tell you that it is fast approaching.
- A month to the day after his death, I took Danny's advice and came to this country.
- The biggest problem they have now is how to bring him back, the man who won the world cup a year ago to the day.
- Campaigners have reacted angrily to the news, as this is exactly what they said almost two years ago to the day.
- After all it was exactly 15 years to the day since I passed my driving test, so what did I have to fear?
- A plaque in their memory was unveiled at Elland Road's Revie Stand, a year to the day after they died.
- When Saturday comes Tracy and I will have been married twenty-two years to the day.
- Mr Paxman himself will open the display on April 1, two years to the day since the theft.
- Forty years later, almost to the day, the BBC has effectively axed the programme.
- Twenty years ago to the day, today I was elected to the national executive of this party.
- Almost a year to the day since her premature birth and little Mirium is still proving to be a miracle baby.
- It is four weeks to the day since Amanda disappeared and Surrey Police have still uncovered no major leads.
- Mortars first rained down upon it exactly 100 years to the day after its construction began.
- A couple have married four years to the day after meeting in an Internet chat room.
- The couple will now wed at the same venue this Saturday, almost two years to the day after their original date.
- It was 60 years to the day that the largest conflict in history had come to an end.
At the present time as in the past; still. the tradition continues to this day Example sentencesExamples - My first encounter with the work of Salvador Dali, at the age of nine or ten, remains memorable to this day.
- One poem taught to him by Miss Judge is still remembered by Tommie to this day.
- In reality Vauxhall have a sporting heritage that spans 100 years and continues to this day.
- He saved pocket money given by his father to buy the two-wheeler, which he has even to this day.
- But the troubles in Northern Ireland added renewed impetus which continues to this day.
- The business was established in York over 30 years ago and our head office remains in Fulford to this day.
- The old exhibitions may be long gone, but the dreams that inspired them continue to this day.
- They opened up a way of writing and looking at the world which remains a part of literature to this day.
- I suppose what's extraordinary is that the book is still in existence to this day.
- The educational institutions which he endowed are symbols of excellence to this day.
- Trusty aides always claimed ignorance, and, as far as I'm aware, continue to do so to this day.
- Still - to this day, I don't like people smoking in cars, so at least I was right on that front.
- This poor man must have been denied the pet that he so dearly wanted as a child, and he resents it to this day.
- Some sunken Spanish galleons, still laden with gold, lie undiscovered to this day.
- War crimes trials of those involved in the Holocaust continue to this day.
- The war might have ended last May, but hostilities continue to this day.
- Mahatma Gandhi and the Buddha were his chief inspirations and remain so to this day.
- Progress in reading and writing was slow and, to this day, he finds spelling and punctuation difficult.
- He became Bishop and then Patron of that region where he is widely revered to this day.
- I knew that I probably shouldn't be thinking about the past, but it does hurt, to this day.
Origin Old English dæg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dag and German Tag. The ancient word day has a Germanic root which may have meant ‘to burn’, through association with the heat of summer. The working day came with increasing industrialization, in the early 19th century. This is the day you refer to if you call it a day, ‘decide to stop doing something’. In the mid 19th century, when working people had fewer holidays, the expression was to call it half a day. If something unusual is all in a day's work, it is taken in your stride, as part of your normal routine. Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversations, which mocked the clichés of 18th-century society, suggest that the phrase was in circulation even then. Daylight dawned in the early Middle Ages (LME dawn itself is closely related to ‘day’). It was always associated with seeing, and in the mid 18th century daylights appeared as a term for the eyes. This is not the meaning in to beat the living daylights out of someone, where ‘daylights’ are the vital organs, such as the heart, lungs, and liver (see light). The word ‘living’ is a later addition to the phrase, from the late 19th century. Days of wine and roses are times of pleasure, which will inevitably pass. The phrase comes from a line in a poem by the 19th-century poet Ernest Dowson: ‘They are not long, the days of wine and roses’.
Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of day in US English: daynoundādeɪ 1A period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next, corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis. Example sentencesExamples - The decisions made in the first minutes, days and months will shape it for years to come.
- Each post carries a salary of £7,931 a year for a commitment of two days a month.
- The years, months, days, hours drift by, and you can hear it getting louder.
- Their spouses always complain about not seeing them for days, months or even years.
- The workshops will run for one and a half hours five days a week for one month at a time.
- I love him dearly but could never contemplate having to live with him twenty four hours a day seven days a week every day of the year.
- His last visitors had been more than a month ago, thirty-two days to be precise.
- Seeing that tomorrow is the first day of another month I must make some real resolutions for February.
- Migraines tend to occur at intervals; there may be days, weeks or months between attacks.
- Earlier this month he spent ten days in the city which will host this year's Olympics in August.
- There is a consensus now among the war planners that the war may take months, not days or weeks.
- She received physiotherapy treatments for her back five days a week for a three month period.
- They can last for days, weeks or months and vary from mild to severe.
- She had been back for a total of two months and five days and already she was a target.
- There ought to be twenty-nine days in every month, not just leap year Februaries.
- It will take the next few days, months and years for the families to try to recover from this.
- Why should people have to suffer their last days, months or even years on Earth in pain and misery?
- He was jailed for six months and 14 days and banned from driving for two years.
- The appeals process took a total of seven years, one month, and fifteen days.
- We then compared the total numbers of patients on each day of each lunar month.
Synonyms twenty-four-hour period, full day, twenty-four hours, working day - 1.1 The part of a day when it is light; the time between sunrise and sunset.
she sleeps all day and goes out at night Example sentencesExamples - Alphaeus had now fully risen, and was lighting the cloudless day with ease.
- By day we chase the enemy back four trenches; by night they send us down to the sea.
- By day he works as the personal assistant for the boss of a haulage firm.
- By day I was glued to my walkman, walking round in a daze listening to the show.
- Fires should not be lit on a windy day because wind-driven sparks and hot ash can start blazes elsewhere.
- Moths bob around in balls of phosphorescent light, and the day's heat emanates from the ground.
- Some days, it's hard to even raise my head from under the duvet as I lie in my favourite foetal position, warm and safe.
- By day, it's a video gallery, with tall white walls, a huge dome and a giant blue ball.
- By day the sunshine and palm trees can make it seem like paradise, a true City of Angels.
- Now she works at an administrative job by day but is a filmmaker at night and on the weekends.
- This is the first day with light winds which would mean a longer roll out on the cart.
- Then, he headed for Egypt and saw the whole country in two weeks, travelling by night, exploring by day.
- By day, it would reveal a planet as awesomely beautiful and abundant in natural wealth as ever.
- Even the diffused light of a cloudy day provides enough energy to produce a current.
Synonyms daytime, daylight, daylight hours, hours of light, hours of sunlight, broad daylight, waking hours, the waking day - 1.2 The part of a day spent working.
he works an eight-hour day Example sentencesExamples - A night out was just the tonic I needed after three whole days of hard work.
- After a hard day at the office they couldn't possibly be expected to cook for themselves, could they?
- My last day in this job is rapidly approaching and I think I have the perfect itinerary planned.
- The captain has had a hard day with no break and is ready to eat and relax a little.
- The warm water is lovely and relaxing - and guaranteed to remove the stresses and strains of a hard day.
- We have had two hard days on the water and I have come nearly to the limit of my endurance.
- Down on the farm my job for the day is to feed the pot-bellied pigs.
- Working eight-hour days, it has been hard for the cast to stay focused and nerves do occasionally fray.
- With the glass empty, Australians will hand over power to ensure a beer after a hard day's work.
- He denied he had been nervous and said it had just been a hard day.
- I'm based in Naas but travel throughout the day in my job so have to move around a lot.
- His pride got the better of him and he agreed - on condition that she did his job for a day.
- They have to be content with a few hundred rupees after a hard day's labour at sea.
- Besides the regulars, there are some who come here to relax especially after a hard day.
- While it might be dark before we get home from work now, at least there'll be light to start the day.
- It is an excellent way to spend a chilly evening and a great way to wind down after a hard day.
- The workers' last paycheck only paid them through noon of their final day on the job.
- We had also put in some hard days in training and in planning for the game.
- By the end of the first day all my hard work was repaid in smiles, memories and new friends.
- Doesn't every footballer need to slip into something more comfortable after a hard day on the pitch?
- 1.3Astronomy A single rotation of a planet in relation to its primary.
Example sentencesExamples - Why do we not get a total eclipse once every 28 days i.e. once every lunar orbit?
- 1.4Astronomy The period on a planet when its primary star is above the horizon.
- 1.5literary, archaic Daylight.
by the time they had all gone it was broad day Example sentencesExamples - Hayes breathed out in reverence as he watched the day spreading across the planet.
Synonyms daytime, daylight, daylight hours, hours of light, hours of sunlight, broad daylight, waking hours, the waking day
2usually daysA particular period of the past; an era. the laws were very strict in those days Example sentencesExamples - Most of the time, he did not have the time or energy to think of days gone by.
- There are the usual family shots, newspaper clippings, and other photos of days gone by.
- I believe similar blood flows in the veins of men and women such as flowed in the veins of the martyrs in days gone by.
- In days gone by we were able to explain wars in simple terms of good and evil.
- It's not far from here down to the Thames, and the river was even closer in days gone by.
- The island's only stately home is a testament to the grandeur of days gone by.
- She had many stories and recollections from days gone by.
- It is an ancient village, a very important village in days gone by.
- Horses should not be just something from days gone by, but part of the future.
- In days gone by it was a refreshing experience eating at someone else's house.
- On a normal week day I had around 40 houses to deliver to and in those days a single daily paper was pretty slim.
- The old forge, which was very much part of rural Ireland in days gone by, is also worth viewing.
- It would be a fine thing to have food prepared as it was for festive occasions in days gone by.
- In days gone by, you tended not to travel as far or as much as you do today.
- As we think back to days gone by, we tend to focus on certain sounds, smells or tastes.
- He was happy to meet the old men of the village and talk of the days gone by.
- In days gone by, traffic wardens were known as the extra police force, for parking and traffic control.
- People dressed up in period costume to re-enact days gone by.
- He was a pleasant man who tended to tell horrible jokes and reminisce too much about days gone by.
- The staff have a thousand stories of golf stars who have stayed at the hotel in days gone by.
Synonyms period, time, point in time, age, era, epoch, generation - 2.1the day The present time.
the political issues of the day Example sentencesExamples - These are large meetings convened by the Council to focus on some strategic concerns of the day.
- They feature a wide diversity of opinion concerning the war and other social and political issues of the day.
- The festival provides an opportunity for people to connect with important science of the day.
- 2.2with adjective A day associated with a particular event or purpose.
Example sentencesExamples - The second day is a slalom event where sailors race around a short course with many turns.
- World War I and the beginning of the Holocaust are also associated with this day.
- It is essentially a family day with lots of events for the enjoyment of young and old.
- I am drawn back to the photo of me on graduation day with my pink furry hood up over my head.
- I need not repeat the history of the relevant events on the day of the accident.
- They baked buns to sell at school to start the fundraising then took part in various events on the day.
- The purpose of this day is primarily to raise funds for Bothar, and to have a bit of fun in the process.
- The company will also be providing bike maintenance service at the shop before the event and on the day.
- He became more aware of the significance of the event on the day of the funeral.
- Apart from being fascinated by the size of the space, the event was a huge day of realisation for a lot of us.
- We thought long and hard about cancelling the event, but the day is all about families having fun.
- A call centre has been set up to deal with any problems before the event and on the day of the walk.
- He recounts the events of that day as though he were still a policeman dictating a confession.
- It also vindicated her version of events on that tragic day in the Outback.
- It's important to remember the events of that terrible day, otherwise we run the risk of forgetting.
- Events at the fun day will include a bouncy castle, fun fair rides, face painting and various stalls.
- He describes the event as a family day.
- The first day of the event, held at the Palace of Sports, was devoted to team matches.
- Many schools and libraries mark the day with events that pick up literacy as a theme.
- All in all, about 20 volunteers are needed on the day to make the event run as smoothly as possible.
- 2.3daysusually with modifier A particular period in a person's life or career.
Example sentencesExamples - The supposed twilight days of his career provided him with countless afternoons in the sun.
- In the early days of Pete's career he dabbled with the idea of becoming a keyboard player.
- It was really fun hearing about his acting days at grammar school, and hearing about teachers.
- With encouragement from my father, he'd spent much of his schoolboy days training at a local gym.
- I remember in my childhood days when people believed in a multitude of signs or omens.
- It remained an inside joke, loved only by aging graduates who were reminded of their student days.
- Her days as a single mother living on income support must now seem like a distant memory.
- Staging of dramas during his school and college days helped him in facing the camera.
- Far more widespread is the network of close friendships, often going back to university days or previous jobs.
- 2.4one's day The successful, fortunate, or influential period of a person's life or career.
he had been a matinée idol in his day Example sentencesExamples - Ive done a lot of different workouts in my day.
- Although he has since been mostly forgotten, South was a very prominent astronomer in his day.
Synonyms heyday, prime, hour, time, best days, best years, maturity - 2.5one's days The span of someone's life.
she cared for him for the rest of his days Example sentencesExamples - So she is living with us now and we will keep her for the rest of her days.
- We had a meal I'll remember until the end of my days.
Phrases (of something unusual or difficult) accepted as part of someone's normal routine or as a matter of course. dodging sharks is all in a day's work for these scientists Example sentencesExamples - Reporting accidents and injuries is all in a day's work for editorial staff at the Evening Press.
- Helping a neighbour with their shopping, taking the dog for a walk or doing a spot of gardening is all in a day's work for these loyal volunteers.
- Exciting stuff, but all in a day's work for Ms Lawlor.
- And standing knee-deep in sewage dealing with blocked waterways, pollution and flooding is all in a day's work for the 30-year-old from Nantwich.
- For Mrs Lawrence, fighting for what she believes in is all in a day's work.
- For this professional photographer, being surrounded by beautiful babes in expensive frocks is all in a day's work.
- Detecting drugs, explosives and human remains are all in a day's work for the dogs in the police force.
- Sizing up the competition, while simultaneously baiting the media, is all in a day's work for this budding entrepreneur.
- For a celebrity, spending $300 for less than two ounces of skin cream is all in a day's work.
- Anything from dog walking to helping youngsters with their sums - it's all in a day's work for two enterprising 14-year-olds from Thundersley.
- Rearing turkeys and looking after other fowl was all in a day's work for Mae.
- For him and his business partner, environmental disasters are all in a day's work.
- Bottle feeding 22 fox cubs night after night is not a task many people would relish - but for Veronica it's all in a day's work.
- For the officer, it was all in a day's work, and he still dismisses the suggestion he is a hero.
- I have been doing it for 30 years so it is all in a day's work.
1informal At any time or under any circumstances (used to express a strong opinion or preference) I'd rather live in a shack in the woods than a penthouse in the city, any day you can take me dancing any day of the week Example sentencesExamples - I explained that such comparisons, if offered seriously in print, would lose a libel suit any day of the week.
- I'd rather have the Rolling Stones any day of the week.
- I'll choose a company with ideals they're trying to live up to over a business that's aiming for the status quo any day of the week.
- They're people you would welcome as neighbours any day of the week.
- What's more, if I was there, I'd back that attractive, young candidate any day of the week.
- Me, I'd prefer to walk the streets of New York - any day of the week.
- I like a lively house, with good debates, on any day of the week.
- I would rather work in an office any day of the week, even an IT office, over caring for small kids.
- And he could take me in a fight any day of the week.
- I would still take the heat and humidity over the cold any day of the week.
- Your life experience is more important than a communications, engineering, medicine or arts degree any day of the week.
- Regardless of the quality of the opposition three goals and 12 points is a fair score any day of the week.
- Give me a decent book over the TV any day of the week.
- 1.1Very soon.
she's expected to give birth any day Example sentencesExamples - In fact, I think they will agree that any day will be too soon.
- Expect to see inquiries in Denmark, Poland and Spain any day soon.
- The elephant is just short of her first birthday and is due to give birth any day!
- Looks like I should expect a knock at the door from the police any day soon.
- There are no signs of either of these events coming to pass any day soon, but he is adamant that they will.
- The Republican convention is set to cruise into town any day.
- The August Issue of the Placebo Journal will be printed any day and mailed soon thereafter.
- The ticket for Bob should be arriving any day soon.
- Though the first broadcast of the radio station is due any day, the recording studio has yet to be built.
the campaign is growing by the day Example sentencesExamples - The casualty list has been mounting by the day.
- They start quarrelling on trivial matters, which assume serious dimensions by the day.
- On a more positive note, Ollie's getting stronger by the day, and is sitting up on my lap right now.
- The new companies were losing millions by the day but no-one seemed to care.
- And the case for that full-scale independent enquiry becomes stronger by the day.
- He is becoming more European by the day, almost in spite of himself.
- Unfortunately neither would give in and so the gap gets wider by the day.
- Opposition to the occupying forces seems to be growing stronger by the day.
- The parliament is gradually getting its act together and is growing in confidence by the day.
- The mood among the remaining staff was worsening by the day.
- At the moment their numbers are small, but the audience for their ideas is growing by the day.
- I have a long list of people who I need to send emails to, and it's growing by the day.
- She's in seventh grade now, growing taller by the day and living life in the moment.
- Well now, it is getting closer to our moving date and i am feeling more and more drained by the day.
- The obvious is becoming more obvious by the day, as this story from the Sunday Times makes clear.
- This is a dynamic landscape, where the changes come by the day, by the hour.
- There's not enough firewood and Uncle Boris grows weaker by the day.
- What an astonishing scientific scandal this is, and growing by the day.
- The power of the nation state and its politicians wanes by the day.
- In the shanty towns the conditions of the poor grow worse by the day.
End a period of activity, especially resting content that enough has been done. we were prepared to do another long march before calling it a day Example sentencesExamples - The shopkeepers also downed their shutters and the other establishments also decided to call it a day.
- After half a century of haircutting, an Amesbury salon owner has decided to hang up his scissors and call it a day.
- We were late arrivals and calling it a day, we decided just after midnight to put our heads down for the night.
- And at 60 for two, with 13 overs of play still scheduled, both sides agreed to call it a day.
- Our legs were beginning to ache so we decided to call it a day.
- She has spent over forty years looking after the people of Kildavin and decided to call it a day.
- But poorish health and frustration with the constant squabbling at the academy made him decide to call it a day.
- Worn out by years of struggling for proper financing, she decided to call it a day.
- At this point, late in the afternoon, I decided to call it a day and head back to camp.
- With the wind increasing, the heavy rain being blown in my face I decided to call it a day.
- We decided to call it a day and wend our way back to York by as many country lanes as possible.
- An hour or so later, Kelley and Eben had decided to call it a day and get to bed.
- After a few more takes Stanley wisely decided to call it a day.
- The group called it a day after Charlie Simpson decided to leave.
- It was when Alvar hit his head on a low branch that overhung the trail that they decided to call it a day.
- An hour or so of being battered by wind and rain, with only one small fish each, we decided to call it a day.
- However, at 52 he has decided to call it a day and let his colleagues carry on the work.
- After two years of getting up at 6am he decided to call it a day.
- It's not a fun job, scanning negatives, and I decided to call it a day when I'd finished the first film.
- But what is certain is that when these two great champions do decide to call it a day, the game of tennis will be all the poorer for it.
Synonyms admit defeat, concede defeat, stop trying, give up, give in, surrender, capitulate, be beaten
On each successive day over a long period. the rain poured down day after day Example sentencesExamples - It's getting worse day after day, and no one has been able to put an end to it.
- A Selby burglar who targeted the same shop, day after day, has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
- Without question, it takes more than just good players to lure people out here day after day.
- This continued day after day, till late at night when Kano was at the point of exhaustion.
- Working in an air conditioned building day after day certainly hasn't helped.
- The bridge has been making news for the wrong reasons almost day after day.
- I would like to focus on crimes against women, which are mounting day after day.
- I doubt she read all of it, though I do recall the reading going on day after day for what seemed an eternity.
- I don't know how much longer I could have gone on, seeing good theatre day after day.
- She said it was very sad to see the building falling into disrepair day after day.
- Like his mother and his grandmother, he combed his hair day after day, collecting the hair that came loose.
- I stood there on the streets, day after day, during those demonstrations.
- I watched the flower in our backyard, day after day, as the huge purple petals unfolded.
- I remember thinking, right in that moment, how he must wear away the streets, pacing up and down, day after day.
- They would linger together, day after day, inhaling the scents of this faraway world.
- There was only one tree outside her grandmother's house, and Rose sat underneath it day after day.
- If the media play the same theme day after day, the masses will accept it as fact, even in the absence of evidence.
- The Little owls are often out during the day and often perch in the same place day after day.
- Why would anybody report to work day after day to a place they simply detest?
- In the first three or four years, ballet means repeating several basic skills day after day.
Synonyms repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, on many occasions, many times over daily, every day, a day at a time
they kept working, day and night Example sentencesExamples - They do a wonderful job day and night, hail, rain or snow, thinking of others and not themselves.
- Local police and hunters are working day and night to track the surviving wolves down.
- They had been labouring day and night for many months to finish the palace.
- People came into my house to answer the phone, which was ringing day and night.
- Like the miners, I was busy day and night, trying to get a church erected and furnished.
- Our doctor, the health visitor and even the drivers worked day and night and exhausted the medicine.
- Making this decision is on my mind day and night.
- Although cigarette buts are swept up each day it is hard to be at it day and night.
- Demetriou said he wondered day and night why his friend ended his life so brutally.
- The construction crews work day and night to add more and more skyscrapers to the skylines.
- The nurses had worked day and night for two weeks to get this ship ready to receive wounded.
- Robin laughs non-stop day and night, pausing only for meals and medication breaks.
- His captain, Pullen said, wore his oilskins day and night, and vomited all the time.
- This question has haunted me day and night since I first moved to Calgary three years ago.
- Meinertzhagen went into overdrive, working day and night to persuade staff and clients to stay.
- And to add to their fury, the cars' alarms are going off day and night apparently for no reason.
- Organisers had a word of praise for the artists engaged day and night in the preparation of the idols.
Synonyms always, all the time, the entire time, continually, continuously, persistently, repeatedly, regularly
Example sentencesExamples - Not the one I would like, but one I am working to improve, day by day.
- There are no guarantees but the signs are growing more encouraging day by day.
- The pressure for a full public inquiry is now growing day by day.
- It's been a mild winter and, day by day, there's a little more warmth in the sunshine.
- Education expanded and conditions were getting better day by day.
- Of course, we are an island race, but perhaps less so, day by day.
- And yet our global demand for oil continues to increase, day by day.
- It had slowly dwindled day by day as the news of his accident became old hat.
- Everyone accepts that the creek is environmentally degrading day by day, but no action is taken to arrest it.
- Something begins to grow - slowly, meticulously, thoughtfully, day by day, month after month.
- Residents are less vocal, but the rumblings are getting louder day by day.
- We're going to show you day by day, story by story that our credibility has been restored.
- Inch by inch, day by day, his personal space is being annexed.
- Everybody is doing worse economically day by day.
- As a matter of fact, the significance of media is increasing day by day.
- According to the curator of the gallery, paintings are gaining in importance day by day.
- When I was born I was very small, but I grew day by day and became a plump, chubby child.
- Our troops are doing their best to keep up with them, but they grow in number day by day.
- If anything, it seemed to be increasing day by day as the truth of her situation gradually dawned on her.
- The publication of curricular material, however, is decreasing day by day.
Synonyms gradually, bit by bit, by degrees, by stages, inchmeal, inch by inch, little by little, step by step, slowly, slowly but surely, steadily, progressively daily, every day, day after day, a day at a time
Continuously or repeatedly over a long period of time. Example sentencesExamples - Whatever way you look at it, the sad fact remains that carnage continues on our roads day in, day out.
- The results are a tribute to all the staff at the Evening Press who work day in, day out to deliver a great service to our readers.
- Have the police been there steadily, day in, day out?
- For we mothers and fathers often wish to escape the terrifying job of being responsible for someone else day in, day out, for 18 or so years.
- My condolences to the poor bus drivers who have to drive this route day in, day out.
- We need a health debate that talks less about emergency care and more about what millions of people are living with day in, day out.
- After enjoying the variety that my current job affords me, I don't know if I could go back to doing the same thing day in, day out.
- Royal duties day in, day out; week in, week out; year in, year out…
- For 42 million people it's there day in, day out - a constant reminder of mortality.
- Hundreds upon hundreds of people pass through the doors day in, day out.
- TEN hours a day, seven days a week, day in, day out, for the past thirteen years.
- Imagine how boring life would be if you had to stick to the same stuff day in, day out.
- It was a tremendous amount of effort - day in, day out.
- Detainees live day in, day out with agonising uncertainty about the duration of their detention.
- Ironically, Terri thinks he's ‘the most boring person alive’ because he works from dawn to dusk, day in, day out.
- ‘Also, doing the same thing day in, day out, you are more prone to injuries,’ she says.
- The job he did is done by police officers day in, day out.’
- Would you want that person with you day in, day out, for years?
- Right up until my hard drive crashed, it booted fast, ran fast, and was stable - day in, day out.
- But our services and police do a heroic job for this country day in, day out.
Synonyms repeatedly, again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again, time and time again, frequently, often, many times, many a time, time after time, day after day, on many occasions, many times over
The time when past mistakes or misdeeds must be punished or paid for; a testing time when the degree of one's success or failure will be revealed. Example sentencesExamples - After years of cavalier behaviour, the day of reckoning for the British insurance industry was long overdue.
- And that day of reckoning, I think, is starting to show up in the dropping re - enlistment rates.
- If your employees don't do the work effectively or efficiently, then sooner or later the day of reckoning will come and the company will close.
- The day of reckoning soon came; the computer leasing companies took large write-offs and the business disappeared.
- Some day, on that day of reckoning, they will have to account for their crime against human language!
- But the decadence and blindness on display in that nation simply mean that the inevitable day of reckoning will be that much more convulsive.
- The worry is whether, given the huge imbalances in their economy, they may be postponing the day of reckoning.
- Economists say we may be headed toward a day of reckoning.
- He just hung on as long as he could until the day of reckoning.
- When Jerry declines, Newman threatens him by shouting, ‘Your day of reckoning will come.’
- The statute of limitations on war crimes does not run out, and the day of reckoning will come.
- Sunday was a day of reckoning, when the harshness of this past winter's riding made itself known.
- Buy-to-let may have postponed our day of reckoning, but it's still coming - and soon.
- Finally, Is the day of reckoning for Bangalore's honeymoon with the IT sector closer than we expect?
- The day of reckoning cannot be postponed indefinitely.
- If we continue along the pace we are now, it's unsustainable and there will have to be some day of reckoning.
- But there comes the day of reckoning when statements drop through the letter box and interest charges and penalty payments are revealed.
- This was the final hour, and his day of reckoning.
- Continue on as you have and a day of reckoning will find you.
- There will be a day of reckoning for our lying Prime Minister.
Synonyms judgement day, day of judgement, day of retribution, final accounting, final settlement
children need a firm hand from day one Example sentencesExamples - Hence, the idea is costing dollars from day one, and for an inferior product.
- It's all about making those who come to the project feel comfortable from day one.
- I was apprehensive about my daughter's choice of professions from day one.
- I've had a very good relationship with him from day one, both professionally and personally, and it's still good now.
- That is the quandary we have been in from day one.
- But party observers felt that the strategy had been wrong from day one.
- Just because they're qualified doesn't mean they're productive from day one.
- But the one thing I'll give Jessica, she's had a great attitude about it from day one.
- I've said from day one that my property is in good condition and I stick by that.
- This guy, from day one, was among the finest examples of sportsmanlike playing that the game has seen.
- CNN Financial News correspondent Steve Young has been following this case from day one.
- Unfortunately, from day one in the job, Mitchell has paid no heed to his or the team's public image.
- Old Walnuts has been the best character in the show from day one.
- Had government come out and explained the deal from day one, I am certain that this firestorm would have been quelled long ago.
- The film's makers were on the defensive from day one.
- He'd had Finnegan in his class since the very beginning, and from day one, he knew she was going to be a tough one.
- I have a new flatmate, and we have had problems from day one.
- It's had this problem from day one and no one seems to care or notice.
- He was determined, from day one, that this was not going to get out of control.
- But it could be because we grew up with each other from day one.
have had one's (or its) day Be no longer popular, successful, or influential. power dressing has had its day Example sentencesExamples - Verse plays may be making a comeback, but religious verse plays may have had their day.
- I mean, I wasn't going to be using my old roller blades or skateboard again, and my blue fluffy slippers had had their day.
- Opera that was once just a vehicle for famous singers, orchestras and conductors, has had its day.
- The lad has had his day, so don't hold your breath for the sequel.
- I do wonder if he has had his day, and would have better spent his time pursuing other avenues within politics.
- I hope it is not true that hang gliders have had their day and that only a limited number will continue to fly.
- We are now more than halfway through 2003, and the concerns raised by some of the other parties have had their day.
- One lesson she had learned from Cannes was that big action movies and special effects seemed to have had their day.
- Do you think that he has had his day, or are there still insights there?
- ‘The annexe is a very old building and has had its day,’ he said.
- These were often breads or ale, which have had their day as presents.
- Perhaps the '50s style public intellectual has had her day.
- No, Hannibal, Face, Murdoch and BA have had their day, glorious as it was, and we should remember them as they were.
- Paper gift vouchers - the last resort of the imaginatively challenged - have had their day.
- Belfast-born Nobel peace prize winner Mairead Maguire told protesters: ‘War has had its day.’
- I think the fact that it's mostly men making the mistake shows that those old stereotypes have had their day.
- Airedale Beagles have had their day, you might think.
- Maybe feminism has had its day, but just think of what the next wave of women could accomplish.
- The feeling was that canals had had their day and they couldn't see any freight traffic evolving on the canal.
- That style has had its day, and not only in politics.
At the present time; in the modern era. it simplifies housekeeping, which is essential in this day and age Example sentencesExamples - The school concern regarding drug taking is valid, however this is a problem all schools have to cope with in this day and age.
- I don't feel the least sorry for them, not in this day and age, when birth control is cheap and easy.
- It is time we realized that in this day and age of science we do not need these prehistoric doctrines to rule our lives.
- You don't think of it in this day and age of computers and telephones.
- But really: do people still think like that about the television set, in this day and age?
- Is this a heat of the moment response or a planned reaction to sporting events in this day and age?
- It is generally accepted in this day and age that the free market is the best way of providing most of the goods and services we want.
- I find it mind-boggling that people can believe such nonsense in this day and age.
- They want information and in this day and age there is information galore to wallow in.
- Certain areas are not safe for certain people, which is a pretty sad statement in this day and age.
- Can anybody seriously see the public acquiescing to such restrictions in this day and age?
- Its almost unseemly in this day and age to have so many children - still, she's rich.
- Lets be honest about it, in this day and age there are enough things to worry about, if you choose to, to keep you going for year.
- Imagine, in this day and age, not being able to turn your pack of biscuits around and find out what's in them.
- In a fit of need - who can live without a printer in this day and age?
- But if you think about it, who in this day and age can do anything without electricity?
- Even in this day and age, there are those who face a cold and hungry Christmas.
- But in this day and age, the very idea of any woman having to wait to be asked is intriguing to say the least.
- It's ridiculous that in this day and age, the manure is allowed to drop onto the roadway and remain there.
- I suppose it shows that no town is exempt from violence in this day and age.
Synonyms nowadays, at the present time, these days, in these times, at this time, in this day and age, now, just now, right now, currently, at present, at the present moment, at this moment in time
Used to convey that someone has had a bad day. Example sentencesExamples - Today is not my day, she thought, tears welling up in her eyes.
- It was clearly not Coventry 's day, and leaving the field to a chorus of boos was no surprise.
- With a yellow card against him already for upending an opponent in the first period this was certainly not his day.
- A sniper was in our school as I continued to think that this was not my day.
- There are bound to be days when it doesn't come off, when your timing is just off, when it's just not your day.
- Avery sighed again, and thought to herself, ‘This is not my day!’
- ‘It's just not my day,’ she groaned holding her head in her hands.
- It was not Pete 's day, as only five laps later the Celica was in the shrubbery and he was walking back to the pits.
- This is not my day, she thought in frustration as she walked back to the guard.
- Balla gave it their all but it was just not their day.
- He is a very nice person, very friendly and polite but today was not his day.
- ‘It was not Anil 's day,’ said Jeremy adding, ‘He could have done better’.
- Today is definitely not my day; everything I touch is a big flop!
- Unfortunately for Neiman and his friends, today was not their day.
- The A's were the better team and should have won but it was not their day.
- ‘Ugh… not my day… ‘She grumbled getting up and dusting off.’
- ‘Tergat did everything he could,’ says Haile. ‘He was simply unlucky that it was not his day.’
- Naas told me that sometimes you go on the field and you just know it's not your day.
1At a particular but unspecified time in the past. one day a boy started teasing Grady Example sentencesExamples - Someone is going to get killed that way one of these days.
- He lives over in Cayman Brac, and one of these days, I am going to go over there and meet him in person.
- I mentioned earlier you might wind up on the U.S. Supreme Court one of these days.
- She says it's going to get her killed one of these days, and I believe her.
- I guess it's canned spaghetti for lunch; I really have to go shopping for food one of these days.
- The committee members told me that one of these days, I might face the problem of getting arrested.
- They are questions we will all be forced to deal with one of these days.
- The volunteers would also appreciate payment one of these days - something that has not yet happened.
- God, my rapier wit will get me in trouble one of these days.
- I'll pop by there one of these days and see if that wooden house is still there.
- How lucky would I be to see her cheery little face walking up my drive one of these days?
- We look forward to you getting a straightforward answer to that question one of these days.
- I hope to do a Weekender front page story on Tunisia one of these days soon.
- I also heard that he'll come by, one of these days, to meet with the people.
- My guess is that common sense will make a comeback one of these days.
- And Jane, I really do hope you plan to do a story on female scientists one of these days.
- It's about sleep, a subject I've been researching for a novel that I hope will get written one of these days.
- Because one of these days, the Democrats are going to be in the majority.
- And who knows, I might need a job as a lobbyist with them one of these days.
- I will understand the concept of discipline one of these days.
- 1.1At a particular but unspecified time in the future.
he would one day be a great President
A day when several things go wrong. Example sentencesExamples - I should just go home to bed, because I can tell it's gonna be one of those days.
- I am having one of those days today and here you can see the results.
- This was one of those days, one which is still hard to come to terms with.
- It's been one of those days - rubbish weather and a lousy ride into work.
- Ever have one of those days where you're really glad that it's over and it's Friday?
informal That will never happen. Example sentencesExamples - Hope you're all behaving. (Yeah that'll be the day!!)
- How about something more original, like spending limits based on inflation and population growth? Yeah, that'll be the day.
he is drinking far too much these days Example sentencesExamples - This just sums up everything about the state of the royal family these days, I think.
- It's just a pity there doesn't really seem to be any proper youth culture these days.
- His name is much in the news and on the op-ed pages these days, if you're looking out for it.
- Just because we have a few women in power it does not mean women have it made these days.
- Cuts used to be an infrequent occurrence but these days we seem to have them regularly in our area.
- He laughs at his own contradictions, a lot more comfortable in his own skin these days.
- Choice, in fact, is what is missing from too much of the professional game these days.
- We hear a lot about how much it costs a student to get a university degree in the UK these days.
- Most people these days appear to have no idea about how you are supposed to behave in a public space.
- His legs may be a bit weary these days, but his presence is everything to his young charges.
- The world seems such a small place these days, but he instantly made it feel much bigger.
- Trouble is, most families I know these days are nearly always in a state of war anyway.
- In spite of my love of almost all flowers I don't often buy from the florist these days.
- I was then flabbergasted by the cost of wool these days, and how few shops stock it.
- So often these days I find myself watching and thinking things will never be the same.
- His city has a sense of embattlement these days, reminiscent of London in the blitz.
- We all work long hours these days, but many men try to make up for it when they get home.
- Have you noticed the fashion these days for people to get a tattoo on various parts of their body?
- You can't pick up a newspaper these days without thinking that the world has gone mad.
- Wander into any large bookshop these days and you will find a rack devoted to Internet poker.
Used to assert that a particular past time was better than the present. Example sentencesExamples - Oh, but those were the days… ‘The king drifted off, staring into his nostalgic past, muttering.’
- Mom and Dad get all nostalgic about Amin Sayani and Radio Ceylon, and how those were the days etc.
- Ahhh… those were the days… Wish the kids could've met him.
- Running away from our daily chores and duties, grabbing a sweet treat from the Kitchen before supper, those were the days.
- And those were the days when you could still get generous grants for poor families.
- I start reliving my memories of one-on-one hockey games with David, the laughing, the smiling, the teaching, those were the days.
- The Roaring '20s. Ahhh, those were the days when life was simple and travel was an art.
- And when I moved to Paraph and trained under the Wise Masters… oh, those were the days!
- Oh, those were the days… We'll always have the memories.
- Ah, those were the days… when a young, nubile female could hitchhike safely in this country…
- Now as a lieutenant colonel, I look back at those times with a gleam In my eye… those were the days!
- Oh those were the days when I could dance all night.
it's four years to the day since we won the lottery Example sentencesExamples - Twenty years ago to the day, today I was elected to the national executive of this party.
- A month to the day after his death, I took Danny's advice and came to this country.
- For the other driver was the same woman who crashed into her at exactly the same place at the same time of day almost a year ago to the day.
- The biggest problem they have now is how to bring him back, the man who won the world cup a year ago to the day.
- The couple will now wed at the same venue this Saturday, almost two years to the day after their original date.
- It was 60 years to the day that the largest conflict in history had come to an end.
- When Saturday comes Tracy and I will have been married twenty-two years to the day.
- The couple married two years ago and, almost a year to the day, had their first child.
- It is four weeks to the day since Amanda disappeared and Surrey Police have still uncovered no major leads.
- Mr Paxman himself will open the display on April 1, two years to the day since the theft.
- A plaque in their memory was unveiled at Elland Road's Revie Stand, a year to the day after they died.
- After all it was exactly 15 years to the day since I passed my driving test, so what did I have to fear?
- Mortars first rained down upon it exactly 100 years to the day after its construction began.
- It also marked a year to the day since he clinched an unprecedented third term for Labour at the general election.
- Campaigners have reacted angrily to the news, as this is exactly what they said almost two years ago to the day.
- Almost a year to the day since her premature birth and little Mirium is still proving to be a miracle baby.
- A couple have married four years to the day after meeting in an Internet chat room.
- Forty years later, almost to the day, the BBC has effectively axed the programme.
- I have calculated it to the day and I can tell you that it is fast approaching.
- If the appeal starts as scheduled, it will open a year to the day since the group flew to Greece to begin the fateful trip.
Up to the present time; still. the tradition continues to this day Example sentencesExamples - Some sunken Spanish galleons, still laden with gold, lie undiscovered to this day.
- Progress in reading and writing was slow and, to this day, he finds spelling and punctuation difficult.
- Still - to this day, I don't like people smoking in cars, so at least I was right on that front.
- In reality Vauxhall have a sporting heritage that spans 100 years and continues to this day.
- My first encounter with the work of Salvador Dali, at the age of nine or ten, remains memorable to this day.
- I knew that I probably shouldn't be thinking about the past, but it does hurt, to this day.
- The war might have ended last May, but hostilities continue to this day.
- He saved pocket money given by his father to buy the two-wheeler, which he has even to this day.
- But the troubles in Northern Ireland added renewed impetus which continues to this day.
- Trusty aides always claimed ignorance, and, as far as I'm aware, continue to do so to this day.
- They opened up a way of writing and looking at the world which remains a part of literature to this day.
- War crimes trials of those involved in the Holocaust continue to this day.
- The old exhibitions may be long gone, but the dreams that inspired them continue to this day.
- The business was established in York over 30 years ago and our head office remains in Fulford to this day.
- One poem taught to him by Miss Judge is still remembered by Tommie to this day.
- This poor man must have been denied the pet that he so dearly wanted as a child, and he resents it to this day.
- The educational institutions which he endowed are symbols of excellence to this day.
- Mahatma Gandhi and the Buddha were his chief inspirations and remain so to this day.
- I suppose what's extraordinary is that the book is still in existence to this day.
- He became Bishop and then Patron of that region where he is widely revered to this day.
informal In large quantities. she's talented, and she's got personality for days a tall, dark and handsome hunk with abs for days
At least (added to a statement about a person's age) he must be seventy if he's a day Example sentencesExamples - She went to Lincoln and she rode without a ticket, although she must be 70 if she is a day.
- Shmerl is 70 years of age if he is a day.
- Picture an old lady that is eighty if she is a day.
- She is 80 if she is a day, but what she lacks in manoeuvrability she makes up for in enthusiasm.
- He is fifty years old if he is a day; his hair is all gone in front, and he has the complexion of a lobster.
- Isabella is 70 if she is a day, stands about 4 foot 5 and is almost as broad as she is tall.
- Fred is 90 if he is a day.
- The consensus was, confirmed independently by any number of passers-by, that ‘this donkey is twelve years old if he is a day.’
- She is 30 if she is a day.
- Honestly, you'd think that woman (bless her heart) would know how to make a decent tuna casserole bein’ as old as she is (45 if she is a day).
A thing currently considered to be particularly interesting or important. the big news story of the day Example sentencesExamples - It was the question of the day on several cable networks and the subject of the day for talk and news shows around the world.
- Mainly they attempt to tell some sort of parable on one of the news stories of the day.
- They feature a wide diversity of opinion concerning the war and other social and political issues of the day, such as racial prejudice and labor disputes.
- One option was for me to put up a short, placeholder post on every major topic of the day.
- In the wake of the last two years of scandal, corporate governance has become the topic of the day.
Origin Old English dæg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dag and German Tag. |