On End

Keith disappears into the forbidden upstairs rooms for hours on-end. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These ne'er do wells, one who was reported to have spent at least 8 hours a day for weeks on-end perusing and downloading porn sites, might as well have walked into a convenience store and stolen all the cash out of the register. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The "master" bedroom consists of a double bed borrowed from my host family with springs that poke out and a big sag in the middle, a Presidente beer crate turned on-end for a bed-side table, and a "closet" made up of a tree branch nailed to two wall supports in the corner of the room. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yes, the painter will touzle that broom like a man in a rage; he will make each hair of it stand on-end as though it were on your own bristling scalp; he will make it the interpreter between the secret poem of his imagination and the poem that shall have its birth in yours. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Donny reached for her cup and stood up; as he went past, he mussed her already on-end hair affectionately. ❋ King, Laurie R. (2005)

It's been one of those warm/cool evenings where the mosquitoes make themselves at home on your ankles and the humidity causes strands of your hair to stand on-end. ❋ Nspblues (2002)

Being on the weather-beam of la Victoire, as her flag came down, he ordered his own first lieutenant into the larger cutter, and putting half-a-dozen marines, with the proper crew, into the boat, it was soon seen dangling in the air over the cauldron of the ocean; the oars on-end. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

Round here, there has hardly been a single let-up in the foul weather for months on-end. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Like the example above, the submarine office is not for everyone, but if you find yourself stranded at sea, underwater for months on-end in a poky steel submersible, you will need an office in which to work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An easier hypothesis to test is: Eggs can only be balanced on-end on the equinox. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Here in Pondicherry, it is the likes of school teachers and street sweepers who are not paid, often for months on-end. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“And he was a very honourable man in not wanting any of us to come and hear him if we were all on-end for a jaunt or spree, or to bring the babies to be christened if they were inclined to squalling. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"And he was a very honourable man in not wanting any of us to come and hear him if we were all on-end for a jaunt or spree, or to bring the babies to be christened if they were inclined to squalling. ❋ Thomas Hardy (1884)

After a short pause, the captain quietly remarked -- "Well, gentlemen, he will be coming down after us, I suppose, as soon as he gets his new topgallant-mast on-end, and then we can keep a bright look-out for him. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

Damn, [that nigga] [burned] that whole [train] end to end! ❋ Theo Huxtable (2004)

'He's not from the ends' - he is not from [the same] [area] as we are ❋ Baesus (2014)

"I put my trust [in you], [pushed] as far as I could go... But [in the end] it doesn't really matter" ❋ Higher_calling (2013)

1. "I tried so hard And got so far But [in the end] It [doesn't even] matter..." 2. "[In the end], what we did won't matter. What we did with our pathetic little lives won't change [a thing]." ❋ Jaser (2005)

Can you [picture] what will be so [limitless], so [free]? ❋ Ziggy_Stardust (2005)

Dude, you [seriously] need to [download] "The End" on [KaZaA] right now. ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[Wilderness] of [Pain] ❋ My Name Is A Rose Is A Rose Is My Name (2003)

"I really need a new [iPhone]." "You just got your [iPod] last Fall. You've got to plan ahead." "But ..." "We've talked about this before." "But ..." "[End of]!" ❋ Old Kynikos (2008)

"[what ends you from]?" ❋ §håÐðw (2004)

1. That's the end of that [drugs]. 2. That's the end of that [kathleen] ❋ Mizza Son (2006)