burning the candle at both ends

Example Sentences

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I have girlfriends who may not be making as much money as their spouses, or vice versa, and everybody is out there hustling and grinding it out and burning the candle at both ends.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

And I think that’s true for a lot of cooks — or anyone burning the candle at both ends.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

"I'd been burning the candle at both ends, looking back on it," says Megan McCann, 31, from west London.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2022

But it’s two weeks of burning the candle at both ends.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

Undoubtedly she had been working too hard by day, and going too hard by night; she must let up, stop burning the candle at both ends.

From Queed by Crosby, Raymond Moreau