Examples of all hours in a Sentence
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Dogs will bark all hours of the night, chickens don’t.
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Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
Regulators have ordered utilities to add 1,000 megawatts of electricity from clean sources that can run at all hours to backstop fluctuating wind and solar supplies.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
Annie Tsai, chief operating officer of Interact, a software company in San Francisco, said its 11 employees work at all hours of the day or night, depending on what works best for them.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
The relay features thousands of runners and walkers from 40 countries and 50 states, as well more than 3,000 volunteers along the route from Mount Hood to Seaside and continues all hours through Saturday evening.
—oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
This house in particular has light all hours of the day.
—Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
Well, the city of San Francisco is accelerating full speed to find out as state regulators just extended licenses for robotaxis to operate all hours of the day.
—Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
The lane closures begin 10:30 p.m. Friday, and continue all hours until 4:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11-14.
—oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
Production has a crew that works at all hours, including an overnight producer that ensures not one bit of renovating, or drama, is missed.
—Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2023
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Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
Regulators have ordered utilities to add 1,000 megawatts of electricity from clean sources that can run at all hours to backstop fluctuating wind and solar supplies.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2023
Annie Tsai, chief operating officer of Interact, a software company in San Francisco, said its 11 employees work at all hours of the day or night, depending on what works best for them.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
The relay features thousands of runners and walkers from 40 countries and 50 states, as well more than 3,000 volunteers along the route from Mount Hood to Seaside and continues all hours through Saturday evening.
—oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
This house in particular has light all hours of the day.
—Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
Well, the city of San Francisco is accelerating full speed to find out as state regulators just extended licenses for robotaxis to operate all hours of the day.
—Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2023
The lane closures begin 10:30 p.m. Friday, and continue all hours until 4:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11-14.
—oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2023
Production has a crew that works at all hours, including an overnight producer that ensures not one bit of renovating, or drama, is missed.
—Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1668, in the meaning defined above
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all hours
noun plural
: a very late time
stayed up until all hours
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