from dawn to dusk
Americanadverb
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from shortly before sunrise to shortly after sunset; throughout the daylight hours.
Motorized watercraft may be operated at any safe and legal speed from dawn to dusk any day of the week from November 1st to March 31st.
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every day from early to late, without a break; ceaselessly or constantly.
All these eight years I’ve been sweating it out at work from dawn to dusk, and I’m happy with what I accomplished.
Since I got the game I've been playing from dawn to dusk, and have logged about 600 hours already.
Etymology
Origin of from dawn to dusk
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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From dawn to dusk, observant Muslims the world over will refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual intercourse.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024
From dawn to dusk each day this month good Moslems may not eat, drink, smoke, use perfume, apply leeches, indulge in sex.
From Time Magazine Archive
From dawn to dusk, the new hand labored in the parched and infertile fields of Dodoma, the most impoverished province of African Tanzania.
From Time Magazine Archive
From dawn to dusk a vast procession of aircraft streamed across the Channel.
From Time Magazine Archive
From dawn to dusk he suffered like an animal in a trap, drank coffee, smoked, begged meals from the kitchen, and napped.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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