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 Catalans played a dismal opening half hour against their Portuguese visitors, who Pepe PEPE +4.7% put ahead on 30 minutes.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Fox News will pre-empt Greg Gutfeld’s 10 p.m. opinion program, to give Hannity more time for the debate as well as a half hour of reaction to it.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023
Dried hominy is widely available in the Latin section of supermarkets; if canned is your only option, however, drain and rinse it and add during the final half hour of cooking.
—Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
In a case of coincidence - or extremely good luck - the students had just set up for this exact scenario less than a half hour prior.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
Haugen spent a half hour searching and didn’t find much.
—Jeff Horwitz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
About a half hour later, a different camera recorded a Buick Enclave entering the parking lot, the officer testified.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
In this weather, the journey would usually take around a half hour.
—Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
Based on a standard 8-hour workday, 5-minute exercise snacks every half hour would total 1 hour and 20 minutes of walking per day.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 24 Oct. 2023
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Fox News will pre-empt Greg Gutfeld’s 10 p.m. opinion program, to give Hannity more time for the debate as well as a half hour of reaction to it.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023
Dried hominy is widely available in the Latin section of supermarkets; if canned is your only option, however, drain and rinse it and add during the final half hour of cooking.
—Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
In a case of coincidence - or extremely good luck - the students had just set up for this exact scenario less than a half hour prior.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
Haugen spent a half hour searching and didn’t find much.
—Jeff Horwitz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
About a half hour later, a different camera recorded a Buick Enclave entering the parking lot, the officer testified.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2023
In this weather, the journey would usually take around a half hour.
—Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
Based on a standard 8-hour workday, 5-minute exercise snacks every half hour would total 1 hour and 20 minutes of walking per day.
—Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 24 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of half hour was
in the 15th century
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“Half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20hour. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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half hour
noun1
: thirty minutes
2
: the middle point of an hour
half-hourly
adverb or adjective
ˈhaf-ˈau̇(ə)r-lē
ˈhȧf-
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