How to Use one day in a Sentence

one day

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  • What’s pulled one day is there the next.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
  • That first batch sold out in just one day.
    Eddie Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Joe just dropped the script on text one day to me.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
  • How can the sky be blue one day and stormy the next?
    Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Just taking it one day at a time.
    Mike Curtis, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Brody's dream was to one day open his very own sports card shop.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Potholes will come for us all one day.
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Having all that set up takes more than one day.
    William Earl, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe, one day, someone will find out.
    Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But one day, Ike pulled Steve aside.
    Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026
  • But Shrone asked to stay home at least one day last week.
    April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Just one day in the past, lived fully in the present.
    Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But one day, Keri had pain in her abdomen.
    Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Joseph came home from working out at the gym one day and got the news.
    Zuri Primos july 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • But the effect will be felt far beyond one day.
    Maressa Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Because one day the shoe will be on the other foot.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Can’t wait to drink an Old Style with you again one day.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • He was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison.
    Amy Taxin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Not eating meat or not eating meat one day a week to start with.
    Amiee White Beazley, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Her birthday is one day after mine.
    Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The drug that could one day regrow real teeth is still years away.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
  • This film joins the ranks of other great stories told over one day.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Each flower lasts for just one day—hence the name—but there are many on each stalk.
    Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Police said the crossing would be closed for at least one day.
    Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • So one day, hopefully, that will come to fruition.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Gretzky’s dad told him that someone will break his record one day.
    Jessica Golden, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Which was one day after the White House.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps one day these gaps will close, but childhood will not wait.
    Dana Suskind, Time, 14 July 2026
  • If cooking ahead, boil and chill the potatoes up to one day ahead of time.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • After those four arrests, his time in jail ranged from one day to one month.
    Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026

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