Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
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Use a poker or tongs to turn the chicken every half hour or so, using a different loop to hang it so that a different side faces the fire.
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Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
Police used license plate readers and video to track the driver about a half hour after Cruz was killed to a Hammond gas station near Grand Boulevard and 169th Street.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
An hour later, a half hour later, two hours later—who knows—Matt came home and got into bed.
—Molly Jong-Fast
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Shuffle out of Buffalo Like Flagstaff, Arizona’s proximity to the Grand Canyon, Buffalo could mistakenly be overlooked as the last stop before visiting Niagara Falls, just a half hour’s drive north on Interstate 190.
—David Allan, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
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Peter Barrett, Outside Online, 9 June 2025
Police used license plate readers and video to track the driver about a half hour after Cruz was killed to a Hammond gas station near Grand Boulevard and 169th Street.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
An hour later, a half hour later, two hours later—who knows—Matt came home and got into bed.
—Molly Jong-Fast
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025
Shuffle out of Buffalo Like Flagstaff, Arizona’s proximity to the Grand Canyon, Buffalo could mistakenly be overlooked as the last stop before visiting Niagara Falls, just a half hour’s drive north on Interstate 190.
—David Allan, CNN Money, 31 May 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 Jun. 2025.
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