Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
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For the past half hour, the crew navigated the hulking vessel through relatively calm waters and lined it up to pass perfectly under the main truss of the steel bridge, softly lit in the early morning darkness.
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USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
The fifth episode—a pretty perfect half hour that could be a stand-alone short—is emblematic of Carmichael’s striving for greater honesty and his willingness to ask tough questions about himself.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
For a half hour, a family huddled inside; then young men from the village arrived and threw rocks at the Israelis.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 5 Mar. 2024
As the sound system grew louder with each passing half hour and the sounds moved between Caribbean classics to current international hits, the crowd swelled out of the rows of bars and restaurants.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 3 Apr. 2024
Today, visitors could take the Route 8, a regular city bus that leaves from the airport every half hour and takes 40 minutes to get to the downtown transit center roughly 15 miles away.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Even if the game is less than a half hour away from the team’s home complex, many regular players skip road games.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Dark almost worked with Cocoa Press’s preset; milk wasn’t much harder, but white took me the better part of a day, adjusting up and down every half hour to find a temperature that flows.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 17 Feb. 2024
The first imagery from the moon is expected a half hour later.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2024
USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
The fifth episode—a pretty perfect half hour that could be a stand-alone short—is emblematic of Carmichael’s striving for greater honesty and his willingness to ask tough questions about himself.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
For a half hour, a family huddled inside; then young men from the village arrived and threw rocks at the Israelis.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 5 Mar. 2024
As the sound system grew louder with each passing half hour and the sounds moved between Caribbean classics to current international hits, the crowd swelled out of the rows of bars and restaurants.
—Rivea Ruff, Essence, 3 Apr. 2024
Today, visitors could take the Route 8, a regular city bus that leaves from the airport every half hour and takes 40 minutes to get to the downtown transit center roughly 15 miles away.
—Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Even if the game is less than a half hour away from the team’s home complex, many regular players skip road games.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Dark almost worked with Cocoa Press’s preset; milk wasn’t much harder, but white took me the better part of a day, adjusting up and down every half hour to find a temperature that flows.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 17 Feb. 2024
The first imagery from the moon is expected a half hour later.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2024
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“Half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20hour. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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