sunup

Example Sentences

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When I explained this to a Muslim friend, he replied that it “kinda sounds like diet Ramadan”—which demands that Muslims go without food or drink from sunup to sundown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Taking part while going without food and water from sunup to sundown made things harder.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Construction crews worked at Planada Elementary seven days a week, sunup to sundown, said Supt.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

I grew up on the blacktop — where we teens and preteens pounded basketballs from sunup till the lights at the park went dark.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2023

Around sunup, she flies off and leaves her eggs.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles