How to Use duration in a Sentence

duration

noun

• You should gradually increase the duration of your workout.
• Some come for a few miles; others move up the trail for months to hike the duration.
  — Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2023
• Franco will miss the duration of the Rays' West Coast road trip.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• Changes to the flight schedule made the flight duration 11 hours and 30 minutes.
  — Shoshanna Soloman, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
• Six were rated at least a 3 out of 5 based on strength and duration.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• His father was one of the few officers to last the duration.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
• Still, the short duration of use leaves something to be desired.
  — Lacey Muinos, Health, 27 July 2023
• All my old tricks to match the duration of a plank to the students’ energy levels were gone.
  — Kara Panzer, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
• The price of the service ranges depending on the level and duration of access.
  — William Earl, Variety, 7 July 2023
• The severity of the impact depends a lot on the duration of the drama, Tucker added.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 11 May 2023
• And in the case of TV writers, those gigs have shrunk in duration as shows have gone from more than 20 episodes per season to as few as half a dozen.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• And 99% uptime over the duration of a four day trade show is still impressive.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023
• But this is unusual because of the weeks-long duration of it.
  — CBS News, 16 July 2023
• The lengthy flight duration, emotive movie plotlines, and a certain amount of anonymity is a sure-fire way to open the floodgates.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
• That was ultimately the importance of the job: to see, to look — and to do so with grinding duration.
  — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• For one, the duration of days and hours at 85 degrees or higher is much longer lasting in Alabama than in much of the rest of the country.
  — Bill Finch, al, 19 June 2023
• The duration of delta-8 THC in your body depends on a variety of factors.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 July 2023
• This involves estimating the duration of the project, its cost, and the number of work hours involved.
  — Shai Morag, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• The payout for each user depends on the number of claims and account duration.
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
• The challenge is that this duration of time for a judicial proceeding is years and years long, and it’s been that way for quite some time.
  — Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Plus, the secure lace-up closure promises to keep your feet firmly in place throughout the duration of your hike.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
• As in any labor dispute, the duration of a strike is unpredictable, Sedai said.
  — Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Check with your doctor regarding the right cleanse duration for you.
  — Asonta Benetti, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
• But the research proves that sleep duration is just a small part of sleep's impact on overall health and well-being, and sleep experts agree.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 14 Nov. 2023
• The cruise varies from year to year in departure time and duration but generally spends about 20 full days at sea.
  — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2023
• Initially, the union called for 40% wage increases over the four-year duration of the contract as well as a four-day workweek at full-time pay.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
• Ask your therapist for input, but to me, this is more about a mind-set than a specific duration of time.
  — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• The result is a five second video sequence, a length that Google says is longer than the average shot duration on most media.
  — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
• Another new event is the ice cross, which is a long ice skating track with obstacles for skaters to race on, will run the duration of the festival.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
• The system is likely to be moisture-starved, arguing that the snow is likely to be light during most of its duration.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024