Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
Recent Examples on the Web
Following a two and half hour delay, and a pending coming thunderstorm, the two teams mutually agreed to suspend the game.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2024
When the other teen denied it, Pike allegedly kneed her in the face, kicking off a half hour of taunting, beating and slashing.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 May 2024
San Bernardino County Fire Protection District Capt. Dan Tellez and his crew were more than a half hour away.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Drucker and his partner Iris Fried, a graduate student at Miami University in Ohio, checked the nets every half hour, bringing back captive birds to be examined.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
And students with commutes of a half hour or less got, on average, an hour and 15 minutes more exercise per day than those with longer commute times.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
Kelce's comment garnered over 1700 likes and dozens of replies in less than a half hour.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
Huntsville, a half hour north of Houston, saw 17 inches.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 May 2024
But those festivities officially ended at 5 p.m., about a half hour before the stabbing was reported.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2024
When the other teen denied it, Pike allegedly kneed her in the face, kicking off a half hour of taunting, beating and slashing.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 24 May 2024
San Bernardino County Fire Protection District Capt. Dan Tellez and his crew were more than a half hour away.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
Drucker and his partner Iris Fried, a graduate student at Miami University in Ohio, checked the nets every half hour, bringing back captive birds to be examined.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
And students with commutes of a half hour or less got, on average, an hour and 15 minutes more exercise per day than those with longer commute times.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 May 2024
Kelce's comment garnered over 1700 likes and dozens of replies in less than a half hour.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
Huntsville, a half hour north of Houston, saw 17 inches.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 6 May 2024
But those festivities officially ended at 5 p.m., about a half hour before the stabbing was reported.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
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“Half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20hour. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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