Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
Recent Examples on the Web
The game was paused for about a half hour as four emergency lights lit up the corners.
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Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024
Young said some of the most remote parts of the Navajo Nation are a half hour or more away from a polling place or ballot drop box.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
The earthquakes, of magnitudes 3.5 and 3.9, occurred within about a half hour of each other.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
The audio cut in and out for the first several minutes of that interview, which was subsequently ended and restarted, delaying the start for about a half hour.
—David Goldman, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
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Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024
Young said some of the most remote parts of the Navajo Nation are a half hour or more away from a polling place or ballot drop box.
—Jessica Boehm, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
The earthquakes, of magnitudes 3.5 and 3.9, occurred within about a half hour of each other.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
The audio cut in and out for the first several minutes of that interview, which was subsequently ended and restarted, delaying the start for about a half hour.
—David Goldman, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Half hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20hour. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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