Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
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About two-and-a-half hours after the shooting, a third victim arrived at Regions with a gunshot wound to the hand.
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Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Rescue teams began searching for the daredevil and found his body about three feet below the crater's water surface after rescue efforts that lasted about four and a half hours.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Hitting it would require Starship to reduce launch costs by 99 percent and to fly a new rocket every four and a half hours by 2028.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
Two and a half hours before Tuesday’s game, Brind’Amour continued to keep reporters and the Golden Knights guessing.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 9 June 2026
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Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Rescue teams began searching for the daredevil and found his body about three feet below the crater's water surface after rescue efforts that lasted about four and a half hours.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Hitting it would require Starship to reduce launch costs by 99 percent and to fly a new rocket every four and a half hours by 2028.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
Two and a half hours before Tuesday’s game, Brind’Amour continued to keep reporters and the Golden Knights guessing.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 9 June 2026
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“Half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20hour. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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