dawn-to-dark
Example Sentences
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Ms. Thomas was known for her dawn-to-dark work hours, and she won her share of exclusives and near-exclusives.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2013
Big, slow-moving Albert and his neat, pretty wife Josie-Lee, seldom escaped the dawn-to-dark drudgery of farm life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Streisand is not just the leading lady, but the executive producer as well, and the shooting schedule has been dawn-to-dark frantic.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S. cattleman is the descendant of the romantic cowboy, and for the most part he preserves those storied virtues of ruggedness, independence and dawn-to-dark hard work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Hickock, a plump woman with a soft, round face unmarred by a lifetime of dawn-to-dark endeavor, reproached him.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
