long hours

plural noun

: many hours at a time

She is used to working long hours.

Examples of long hours in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the following weeks, back in Shanghai, my father returns to his computer, to long hours staring numbly at internet videos, his SUV parked tightly in a compound up north, thousands of miles away. — Aube Rey Lescure, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2026

Many faculty members have to work long hours to keep the paper afloat. — Pamela E. Walck, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026

Just a five-minute walk away, art aficionados can spend long hours wandering through the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum and the Prado museum, or take a stroll through El Retiro Park. — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026

In a country where gender roles remain rigid and long hours at work are the norm for men, working women are also burdened with house chores and child care. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for long hours

• bowers
• flours
• flowers
• gowers
• ours
• scours
• showers
• sours
• towers
• cauliflowers
• overpowers
• superpowers