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

If she’d known, he would have heard about it in scolding tones from sunup until sundown for nearly the rest of his life.

From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia