How to Use hour in a Sentence

hour

noun
  • The mood changed from hour to hour.
  • You'll be paid by the hour for this job.
  • You can call me at any hour of the day or night.
  • The project required long hours of work.
  • She was half an hour late.
  • The job pays ten dollars an hour.
  • They arrived a few hours later.
  • She wasn't supposed to eat for six hours before the operation.
  • These animals are most active in the hour just before sunrise.
  • She exercises for a full hour every day.
  • The insects seem to be active for more hours in the day.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • The planes had four engines and could reach speeds of up to 565 miles per hour.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The show will air on CMT live April 7 at 8 p.m. on the east coast and at the same hour, tape-delayed, on the west.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Some voters braved the night chill for up to eight hours to cast their vote.
    Tomek Rolski, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • They’re hired at a starting pay of around $19 per hour.
    Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The car sped under the warning lights, 74 miles an hour.
    Christopher Cox, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Kohan leaves, and Lopez is left with the slowest hour, 1 to 2 p.m.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • Stephen’s son raped Catherine over and over again for three and a half hours.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Even the Coast Guard would have taken at least an hour to fly out and help them.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The pay was $4.25 an hour and Nightengale jumped at it.
    Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Even with the low gearing, this grinder can still push through 550 pounds of meat in an hour.
    Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
  • On the fourth day, I was put on Pitocin and was contracting for hours.
    Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Scratched from the field about 10 hours from post time, Forte also had to sit out the Preakness Stakes.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 6 June 2023
  • Hourly parking costs $3 per hour for the first and second hours.
    Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Light, brief sprinkles could dampen a few spots in the pre-dawn hours.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Screenings for treatment can take up to an hour and a half.
    Rachel Scheier, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 June 2022
  • The longer-range models take about 6 hours to fully charge.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The Panthers lead all playoff teams in hits per hour with 43.40.
    Chris Johnston, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • The 3-month-old was likely to have been in the car for up to an hour before the call for help, Geldart said.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Flights were delayed by as much as five hours Thursday, as the tarmac became packed with lines of planes waiting to depart.
    Alecia Reid, CBS News, 4 May 2025

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