night and day

Example Sentences

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The difference in snow levels is night and day, with last year’s white peaks replaced by browns and greens.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

A 30-year-old Chinese seafarer on a vessel waiting to sail into the Persian Gulf describes, night and day, seeing missiles and drones flying overhead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

"The difference between now and 10 years ago is like night and day,", said Tin Oo, a motorbike taxi driver in Yangon's industrial district of Hlaing Tharyar.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 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

The Parsons children played it at all hours of the night and day, unbearably, on a comb and a piece of toilet paper.

From "1984" by George Orwell