Sundays
Americanadverb
Usage
What does Sundays mean? The word Sundays can be used as an adverb meaning every Sunday or on Sundays, as in I work Sundays or The office is closed Saturdays and Sundays. Sundays is of course also the plural of Sunday, the name of the day between Saturday and Monday.When it’s used as an adverb, Sundays describes when something happens or when an action is taken.The singular form Sunday can also be used as an adverb, as in We’re closed Sunday or Do you work Sunday?Sundays (ending with an s) usually implies that the action or event is a regular occurrence, such as one that happens according to a schedule. For example, saying, “I work Sundays” means that you work every Sunday. In contrast, saying, “I work on Sunday” or “I work Sunday” typically means that you are scheduled to work on the upcoming Sunday.Example: The shop is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Example Sentences
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ET and Saturdays and Sundays at 9:30 a.m. or 10:30 a.m.
From Barron's
Tailored for specific Sundays on the church calendar, the cantatas were between three and eight movements and usually lasted between 15 minutes and half an hour.
Next season’s salary cap is projected to be just above $300 million—and the Dolphins may be dedicating around two-thirds of that to players no longer wearing aqua on Sundays.
If you get hungry, you can stop by Dottie’s at the Koi Pond, which sells food, beer, wine and specialty cocktails on Saturdays and Sundays.
From Los Angeles Times
On Sundays, a day off for IT workers who met their monthly revenue quota of at least $5,000, Koh and his co-workers went shopping for American brands like Nike and the North Face.
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