How to Use by day in a Sentence
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Restaurant by day, stylish club by night.
—Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Don’t stay up too late, though; there’s plenty to do by day as well.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
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Their metal sheds grow scalding hot by day and frigid by night.
—Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
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This nation will rise higher day by day through this pure blood.
—Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
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Here the space is a perfumery by day and a craft cocktail bar at night.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2023
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Babies by day, coffee by night.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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The kids crushed the slopes by day and the adults howled with laughter deep into the night.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024
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Or hit the world-class museums by day and theaters by night?
—Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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There are two headlines that grow larger by day in the hockey world.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
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Her colleagues have to keep on doing their jobs and working day by day.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2024
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Travis wore contact lenses by day and glasses in the evenings.
—Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
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Light east-northeast breezes may be a bit more noticeable by day’s end.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
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Barred from work permits, families built farms and schools by day.
—Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026
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Be sure to score your free treat early, as the doughnuts are often sold out by day’s end.
—Laura Daily, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
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That’s because billing amounts can vary by day, week, month and quarter as usage ebbs and flows.
—Scott Woody, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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The pictures show the exterior of the home by day and night.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
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Chief among terms to know and use are bonjour (hello) by day and bonsoir (good evening) at night.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
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Day by day, the facts started to change, and information was walked back.
—ABC News, 13 Feb. 2023
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Holii’s case comes with compartments to separate pills by day or type.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
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The 230-acre park is used by day for picnics, jogs, zoo visits and more.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
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While Rivkah crunched numbers by day, Robby crushed stand-up sets by night.
—Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2026
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Does a person with this much contempt for texts by day insist on reading aloud to his kids at night?
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
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So break out your bathing suits and cowgirl boots, and get ready to soak up the Texas sun by day and dance all night.
—Alexandra Toto, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Jan. 2023
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Five cabana-style sun loungers sit close to the main dining area, shaded by day and heated by night.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2023
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The airy space has 15-foot ceilings and a skylight to keep the light flooding in by day.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2025
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Driven by his thirst for power, Kitae works as an agent by day and a smuggler by night.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
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Then, day by day, the two sets of dots began to mirror each other, to repeat the same patterns.
—Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
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These days, the hotel offers ghost tours by day and night to take full advantage of the spooky stories.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2023
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These harvest additions are eye-catching by day and charming by night.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
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Within three days, the swelling was completely gone, and by day seven, the pimple was gone.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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