How to Use half an hour in a Sentence

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• Just give me a half an hour to get this scene done.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
• The fire was out within half an hour.
  — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
• The smiling man kept it up for half an hour.
  — Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
• Rodin thought that about half an hour sounded right.
  — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
• Have this creamy bowl of comfort ready in an half an hour.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2025
• How soft our world felt then, if only for half an hour.
  — Beth Nguyen, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
• That dips to three weeks when writing for half an hour per day.
  — PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
• Allow the dough to rest in a warm spot in the kitchen for half an hour.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Jan. 2026
• Rather than overnight cooking, these pork chops are ready in just over half an hour.
  — Christopher Kimball, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• The snow had stopped half an hour earlier.
  — Fred C. Mercer, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2025
• Your nieces want something sweet, but dinner is in half an hour.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• Allow your eyes to adjust for at least half an hour, and look up.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
• The event was just half an hour or so, and the questions were friendly.
  — Jake Tapper, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
• Then, reduce the heat and let the petals simmer for about half an hour.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Apr. 2025
• Most common ice makers will turn out a full batch in half an hour or so.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
• The islands are on their own time zone, half an hour ahead of the mainland.
  — Hillary Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
• Be sure to give your eyes at least half an hour to adjust to the darkness.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
• Dawes, who had taken the longer route, joined him about half an hour later.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
• And for half an hour, a little club turned into a rock-and-roll church.
  — Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
• During that time, their total screen time fell to about half an hour a day.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 26 Nov. 2025
• North of North is an easy watch with just eight episodes that are less than half an hour each.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
• This recipe takes less than half an hour of hands on time and is totally worth the wait.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 1 July 2023
• In my memory, the whole thing lasted less than half an hour.
  — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
• To chat with a stranger about their life experience for half an hour?
  — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
• About a half an hour later, Bradley had vanished.
  — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
• His sessions went from an hour every week to half an hour every two weeks.
  — Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
• The smoky-sweet combo comes together on the grill in just half an hour.
  — Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
• About half an hour later my brain realized it was lied to and chilled out a bit.
  — Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
• Cover the pastry and place it into the fridge for at least half an hour to chill.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
• Judd said that a search for Schulz went on for around half an hour before it was called off.
  — Michael Nied, People.com, 27 May 2025