variants or less commonly hourlong
: lasting an hour
an hour-long commute
hour-long television shows

Examples of hour-long in a Sentence

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On the fourth day, an hour-long ride led us to the village of Alma Vii, which was founded in the 13th century. Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2025 Before the jury was seated Thursday morning, Combs’ defense team, Jane’s attorney, and prosecutors had a nearly hour-long meeting to battle over the defense’s request to name the rapper in open court. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025 The only vote in the hour-long meeting was unanimous approval of the wrestling format for the upcoming year. Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 12 June 2025 At the state Republican convention in Worcester, Massachusetts, in October, Sumner made an hour-long speech about John Quincy Adams’s wartime emancipation theory. Zaakir Tameez june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hour-long

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hour-long was in 1803

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“Hour-long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour-long. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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