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Example Sentences

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“What’s going on is that these children have been caught red-handed committing crimes against our nation. They are Butterflies,” Salzburg said, his voice ringing out with an icy authority that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.

From Literature

She also watched YouTube videos for hours on end, noting that the platform's "autoplay" feature, where a new video starts automatically after the previous one has ended, kept her on it.

From BBC

Electricity is turned off for hours on end to ration supplies, and more than 1,000 of Kyiv's 12,000 high-rise residential buildings have been without heating for the past month after a heating station was destroyed.

From Barron's

Back straight, chest out, chin at a ninety-degree angle, he marches with stiff legs, advancing for hours on end.

From Literature

Smartphone dependence has existed for years, but experts say it was compounded for people when the COVID-19 pandemic forced people indoors for weeks and months on end.

From Los Angeles Times