twenty-four hour

“If his only way out were to make an entirely new tapestry he would be here far longer than a single year; the spell was a high-order one, requiring that every second of that twenty-four hour ritual be absolutely perfect.”

With a Single Spell

“What "day" yom, is (here the whole twenty-four hour day) every one knows, and yet the etymology of the term is entirely unknown.”

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1

“When the verse concludes with the statement that the first "day" (yom) is concluded, the term must mean a twenty-four hour period.”

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1

“He could picture her meeting the physical strains which men habitually endure -- the all-day rides on a round-up, the unbroken twenty-four hour labors of wrecking crews repairing a wash-out -- and recovering normally after a good meal and twelve hours of sleep.”

The Apples of Hesperides, Kansas

“The sheriff turned to a deputy and told him to put twenty-four hour surveillance on Miss Latham until Beaumont was caught.”

Simon & Schuster: Holly

“There was no proper organization for a twenty-four hour listening watch at the Cairns Ambulance; in an emergency such as this everybody had to muscle in and lend a hand.”

A Town Like Alice