burn the candle at both ends
Example Sentences
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Because we can, because we're young, we push ourselves too hard, we burn the candle at both ends, she said, which created problems that arose when people where in their 50s.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
“I didn’t just burn the candle at both ends, I was also finding new ends to light.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2020
The NBA released its 2019-20 schedule Monday, and the big winners are East Coast fans who have been forced to burn the candle at both ends.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2019
In a LinkedIn post last year, The Huffington Post president and editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington revealed that she’s often asked if young people pursuing their dreams should burn the candle at both ends?
From Time ● Jul. 24, 2015
I can’t burn the candle at both ends.
From The Gorgeous Girl by Nalbro Bartley
