In the Act of 1802 the hours of work, which had been from fourteen to sixteen hours a day, were fixed at twelve.
Brick-makers work during the summer months sixteen hours a day.
To earn two francs a day she must make eight chemises, working from fourteen to sixteen hours daily to accomplish this.
Twelve and fourteen hours are a common shop day, and frequently the figure rises to sixteen hours.
One of the worst instances is that of the large laundries, where women work enormously long hours during the season, and are often engaged for fifteen or sixteen hours on Fridays and Saturdays.
In New York, by constant labor, fifteen or sixteen hours a day, some cap makers can earn only from fourteen to twenty-five cents.
Following a thread which is to be withdrawn by a needle from an intricate texture, is very bad for the eyes, especially when, as is usually the case, the work is continued fourteen to sixteen hours.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sixteen hours" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
