Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
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Inasmuch as an 18-year-old can be said to have grown up, Lamine did so here in Rocafonda, a struggling North African immigrant enclave a half hour northeast of Barcelona.
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Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
The aviation department recommends at least two hours before a domestic flight and two-and-a-half hours before an international flight.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
Roughly a half hour before that flight landed, the men learned their true destination.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Doors open a half hour before for the open seating.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 24 Nov. 2025
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Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
The aviation department recommends at least two hours before a domestic flight and two-and-a-half hours before an international flight.
—Kansas City Star, 24 Nov. 2025
Roughly a half hour before that flight landed, the men learned their true destination.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Doors open a half hour before for the open seating.
—Heather McRea, Oc Register, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for half hour
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“Half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20hour. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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