How to Use a day in a Sentence

a day

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• What's a day look like for you now?
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
• Kids are in school for eight hours a day.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
• My wife used to check on her once a day.
  — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
• Stay away from the nest for at least a day.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
• And those 10 pieces sold in a day.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
• Vote for your favorites once a day.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
• His absence showed on a day like this.
  — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• The second phase would take a day and a half.
  — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
• From now on, five hours of practice a day.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
• Yet there still will be more, a day later.
  — Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
• After that, the team had to call it a day.
  — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
• How much sugar should adults have in a day?
  — John Tufts, IndyStar, 6 Mar. 2026
• Rome wasn’t built in a day, after all.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
• Lastly, this is a great recipe to make a day ahead of time.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
• Just splash on some powder, fill in the brows, and call it a day!
  — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
• With nasal sprays and drops, try to limit them to one to three times a day.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
• Not just going out there and getting a hit a day.
  — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
• This dish can be prepared up to a day in advance.
  — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
• Today could be a day to flip that back to yourself.
  — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
• Why is going once or twice a day ideal?
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Feb. 2026
• Click here to sign up for a day and time to volunteer.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
• He’s wired to keep a day from being wasted.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
• Everyone likes a day at the beach.
  — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Floyd suggests making a day of it.
  — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
• Rome wasn't built in a day, and neither is your bank account.
  — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
• The program costs $5 an hour or $10 a day.
  — La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
• Adults who did not meet the guidelines still ate about 79 grams a day.
  — ABC News, 31 July 2026
• Slice a dryer sheet in half and put a piece in each shoe after a day of use.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
• Add a day of heli-skiing, and that is an over-the-top ski trip.
  — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• At Slater’s mill, even children worked six days a week and twelve hours a day.
  — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026