an/per hour

idiom

—used in measurements that describe the speed of something

The speed limit is 65 miles per hour.

a ball thrown at 88 miles an hour

Examples of an/per hour in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The more than 10-month-old strike now appears to be nearing its end, with dozens of hotels agreeing to immediate raises of $5 per hour for front desk clerks, dishwashers and housekeepers. —Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024

Rain delayed the start of the match by almost an hour and the sky was still gloomy when India’s opening batsmen Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli walked out onto the crease. —Issy Ronald, CNN, 9 June 2024

Wind gusts up to 84 miles per hour in Kansas and hail -- ranging from the size of tennis balls to basketballs -- were reported in both Kansas and Nebraska. —Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 June 2024

And until recently, delivery workers earned less than the minimum wage—sometimes as low as $6 per hour. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024