by day

idiom

: during the day : in daylight

She's a student by day and a waitress at night.

The area looks a lot nicer by day.

Examples of by day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But after her best friend’s death, getting dumped, and her father’s fall from grace as the local sheriff, Veronica is a high school outsider by day and a private detective by night. —James Mercadante, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Directed by Berry Gordy, scored by a soaring Diana Ross ballad, and costumed brilliantly, the film charts the rise of Tracy Chambers—a retail assistant by day and fashion design student by night from the South Side, who leaves behind the familiar to become a supermodel and designer in Rome. —Shelton Boyd-Griffith, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2025

Add espadrilles by day and statement jewelry and heels for an easy transition to evening. —Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2025

The spacious downstairs area is hyper canine-friendly, with visitors and locals congregating at communal tables and on couches for coffee and laptop hours by day and cocktail service by night. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for by day

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway
• beret