How to Use all hours in a Sentence

all hours

plural noun
  • The park is open all hours and there is no cost to access it.
    — Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • And the best part is, it could be eaten all hours of the day.
    — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The ramp will remain closed all hours and days for about four months.
    — oregonlive, 6 May 2022
  • The work closes the street all hours and days through the end of the month.
    — Rosemarie Stein, OregonLive.com, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The guilt of not working is enough to keep you awake all hours of the night.
    — NBC News, 28 Aug. 2020
  • This, from someone that would turn the volume all the way up at any and all hours.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • In recent years, that has meant posting all hours of the day, most days of the week.
    — Ella Koeze, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • There is air travel happening all hours and all day and night.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • People walk freely in Sayulita all hours of the night and day.
    — Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Doctors and nurses are available all hours of the day.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Teenagers are still loitering outside all hours of the night.
    — Briana Rice, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021
  • There are still liquor stores along Bexar where men spend all hours killing time, sometimes selling drugs.
    — Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Stars twinkle at night, and all hours of the day, in professional sports.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Musicians were encouraged to pop in this black hole of a place and jam all hours of the night.
    — J.d. Crowe | [email protected], al, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Ports, airports, and fulfillment centers work at all hours of the day.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The crimes have been occurring throughout all hours of darkness.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2017
  • This light-up umbrella works all hours of the day to both block the sun and then provide lighting at night.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2024
  • At all hours of the day, the beach is lined with people who are unbowed and determined to spend time on the waves.
    — George McCalman, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The surge has kept Escamilla and her co-workers busy during all hours of their shifts.
    — Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Others complained about trucks coming at all hours of the night to pick up Arte Cafe’s trash.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The pleading text messages would come at all hours of the day and night from Kabul, Afghanistan.
    — Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2023
  • The sirens [zip] up and down the aves as regularly as subway trains, all hours, per calamity’s timetable.
    — Walton Muyumba, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • The season of spending all hours outside is here, meaning that dirt, grass, and dust are more likely to pile up in your home.
    — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE.com, 22 June 2022
  • Still living in an Airbnb, her neighbor across the hall is blasting heavy-metal music all hours of the day and night.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • The church is open all hours of the day and night to prayer by parish members, and there was one person parked at the church when the vandalism occurred.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Once combined, the space would have windows facing north, south, east, and west, allowing light to flood the home during all hours of the day.
    — Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 26 July 2019
  • In the department’s plan, officers would be required to work in two 12-hour shifts to cover all hours of the day.
    — Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2020
  • One older man with sparkly blue eyes spent all hours of the day in bed or a La-Z-Boy chair watching the news.
    — Cleo Krejci, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024
  • With Harry now in Hartford, Sue stays up through all hours of the night to watch the Athletic play.
    — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 17 May 2021
  • The real problem is the way people are automatically reaching for their phone to scroll during all hours of the day.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026

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