Usage of "on end" | TermGallery

In contact with each other or in proximity.

Uso de on end em inglês

He'd been doing it several times a year for years on end. 
 Voices 

Elsewhere, carcasses were often left exposed on platforms for months on end. 
 Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend 

He trembled; his hair stood on end; he could not control himself. 
 Filipino Popular Tales 

A runelord can fight for hours on end, but not without food. 
 Chaosbound 

Cars had to line up for days on end at the pumps. 
 Say you're one of them 

For weeks on end Cromitie pretended to leave Newburgh to avoid him. 
 The Guardian 

The hat-tub stood on end between the wash-stand and the closet door. 
 The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American... 

If your spies disappear for days on end, won't that be noticed? 
 Quest for honour 

Indomitable beauty, it keeps this up for weeks, for months on end. 
 The new yorker 

The Minister's primary focus is on end-of-chain solutions - incineration and landfill. 
 The Irish Times 

The inquiry has succeeded in generating gripping headlines for months on end. 
 Reuters 

Train and bus users shout into their phones for hours on end. 
 The Irish Times 

They moved closer, deeper and then, for seconds on end, everything stopped. 
 Atonement 

Truing the Legs.-Standthe stool on end, top flat against the wall. 
 Things To Make 

For years on end, it seems, you have traveled between our worlds. 
 Worldwinder 

Andy couldn't even conceive of disappearing for days on end like that. 
 Lone eagle 

Significados de on end em inglês