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Examples of all hours in a Sentence
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The team wanted to evoke the idea of endless cooking—from all hours of the day; from sunrise to sunset with inspiration from the endless elements of nature.
—Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024
For the last two weeks, White and his neighbors have heard frequent honking at any and all hours coming from the Waymo lot, often waking him in the middle of the night as the cars beep at each other — a seemingly worthless alert as one unmanned vehicle honks at another.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
There are dozens of dedicated individuals that attend every launch, setting up remotes, working all hours of the day and night to capture history.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024
One older man with sparkly blue eyes spent all hours of the day in bed or a La-Z-Boy chair watching the news.
—Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1668, in the meaning defined above
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“All hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20hours. Accessed 9 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
all hours
plural noun
: a very late time
stayed up until all hours
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