night and day
Example Sentences
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They relish one relaxing night and day before they are interrupted by a late-night knock on the door.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
The ice lid contracts and expands with temperature fluctuations between night and day, opening cracks that fill with shards of newly frozen lake water.
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
“Converting a building from 1990 versus one from 2010 is night and day due to the differences in code eras.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
“Anybody who has flown on a Starlink-equipped aircraft will say it was night and day between anything they experienced in the past,” Quilty said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
The double folding doors were tightly locked and guarded, night and day, by the serving woman, Eurykleia, grand-daughter of Peisenor, in all her duty vigilant and shrewd.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
