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

Coaches joke that Moore lives in the practice facility, in before sunup and out after sundown.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

HAZELIP: Ellie has taught me that it’s very important to be at the right place at sunup and sundown so you can get the right light for that good picture.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 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

He is assuming that at sunup, Captain Smith will be hanged and I will become another man’s servant.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone