How to Use past the hour in a Sentence

past the hour

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• The westbound train from DIA to Union Station will leave at 12 minutes and 42 minutes past the hour.
  — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2025
• Trains will leave Denver’s Union Station on the hour and half-hour, and trains will leave the Denver airport station at 27 minutes and 57 minutes past the hour.
  — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2026
• Trains were running every 30 minutes, with eastbound trains leaving Union Station at 15 minutes and 45 minutes past the hour, officials said.
  — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2025
• Mohamed Salah, who was making a club record 81st Champions League appearance, was fortunate to get past the hour mark before being replaced by Jeremie Frimpong.
  — James Pearce, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
• Torres, who entered the game just past the hour mark, is the fifth man to come off the bench and score in a World Cup final and the first since Germany’s Mario Gotze, whose extra-time goal beat Argentina in 2014.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026