Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
Recent Examples on the Web
The sprint race takes around a half hour and covers 100 kilometers, which is approximately one-third of a typical Grand Prix distance.
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Riverside staffers seemed unaware and couldn’t find a key to the room for a good half hour.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Cook 1 to 1-and-one-half hours.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
The original cut ran nearly two-and-a-half hours, and according to its editor, Ralph Rosenblum, was a shapeless mass of bits, loosely linked by the hero’s relationship with Annie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2025
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Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Riverside staffers seemed unaware and couldn’t find a key to the room for a good half hour.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Cook 1 to 1-and-one-half hours.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
The original cut ran nearly two-and-a-half hours, and according to its editor, Ralph Rosenblum, was a shapeless mass of bits, loosely linked by the hero’s relationship with Annie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Oct. 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 24 Oct. 2025.
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