Sundays
Americanadverb
Usage
What does Sundays mean? The word Sundays can be used as an adverb meaning every Sunday or on Sundays, as in I work Sundays or The office is closed Saturdays and Sundays. Sundays is of course also the plural of Sunday, the name of the day between Saturday and Monday.When it’s used as an adverb, Sundays describes when something happens or when an action is taken.The singular form Sunday can also be used as an adverb, as in We’re closed Sunday or Do you work Sunday?Sundays (ending with an s) usually implies that the action or event is a regular occurrence, such as one that happens according to a schedule. For example, saying, “I work Sundays” means that you work every Sunday. In contrast, saying, “I work on Sunday” or “I work Sunday” typically means that you are scheduled to work on the upcoming Sunday.Example: The shop is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Example Sentences
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Soon, there would be Saturdays with one of our college football teams, then Sundays with the NFL then, the baseball playoffs, leading to the insane Game 7 and morphing into the annual Lakers winter drama.
From Los Angeles Times
The schedule calls for racing Thursday through Sunday before Santa Anita begins its normal schedule of Fridays through Sundays on Jan. 9.
From Los Angeles Times
In Clarksburg, a car-rental company that closes at 1 p.m. on Sundays arranged to have his car waiting for him when his flight landed later that afternoon.
He’s an analyst on ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” and an avid pitchman whose face is all over TV on football Sundays.
To strengthen their findings, the researchers examined the repeal of "blue laws," which had previously restricted many businesses from operating on Sundays.
From Science Daily
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