How to Use on end in a Sentence

on end

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  • Consumer phones were never built to run flat out, around the clock, for years on end.
    — New Atlas, 2 July 2026
  • One week our pacer was an acupuncturist who heals veterans and hikes for weeks on end with all of her belongings on her back.
    — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
  • Trump, ranting for minutes on end about Balogun’s red card on the morning of the match, became the voice of it.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • The body’s nervous response to that threat — the racing heart, sweaty armpits, and hair follicles on end — offered a lesson.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026
  • During the War, more than a hundred Royal Marines were crammed into these towers for months on end.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 29 June 2025
  • For months on end, the days were spent doing immunotherapy and physical therapy.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 10 July 2026
  • The wide-leg silhouette is universally flattering, and the smocked elastic waistband makes these easy to wear for hours on end, even on a red-eye flight.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • For months on end, the kids in my class chose to spend Friday afternoons listening to a story instead of playing games or watching films.
    — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Food and drink With seven bars and restaurants, a host of private dining experiences and regular beach barbecues, there's more than enough choice to keep guests satisfied for weeks on end.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
  • Russia has been doing this since the start of the war, terrorizing Ukrainian cities with aerial assaults that have killed thousands of civilians and crippled much of the country’s energy grid for months on end.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • In many southern Iranian cities, electricity has been cut, sometimes for hours on end, on summer days when temperatures can reach 130 degrees.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • Additionally, many astronauts like Lawrence are also military veterans who, during their service, are only able to vote through absentee voting, sometimes for years on end.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 10 July 2026
  • Dating After flirting for weeks on end, Nic Vansteenberghe and Olandria Carthen finally got together toward the end of Love Island USA season 7.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

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