How to Use and a half in a Sentence

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• The child’s mother claimed to investigators that her daughter had been in the car for about an hour and a half, according to police.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
• The panel has spent the last year and a half trying to bring to light damaging information about President Biden.
  — Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 17 Aug. 2024
• Blake and Teresa have been dating for six and a half years, according to an anniversary post on his Instagram account.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
• Just three and a half hours north of Phoenix, Arizona, lies one of the most popular national parks in the world, the Grand Canyon.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2024
• Meanwhile, the trial has helped curb the city’s carbon emissions by more than 400 tons in the last two and a half years, according to a government statement released earlier this month.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
• Because the man was not ticketed for the Delta flight, the plane had to be evacuated and a security sweep was conducted, which Benton said took about an hour and a half or two hours.
  — Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
• On top of that, the two and a half bathrooms didn’t work at all.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 May 2024
• It’s been a long road for Rachel and the Websters over the last two and a half years.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
• So that's a great one, and that's going to run for two and a half hours.
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
• The Atlantic Ocean has been running a fever for the past year and a half.
  — Dennis Mersereau, WIRED, 2 July 2024
• His arrest took place two and a half weeks ago, and the world moves fast.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 June 2024
• Byers had served with the agency for two and a half years.
  — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024
• But on Tuesday, there were four and a half pages on the Yankees and a half-page on the Mets.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
• Now the episodes are approaching two and a half, three hours.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
• The June 11-12 Fed meeting is still nearly two and a half months away.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• Yeah, this conflict's been going on for a year and a half now.
  — CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023
• Josh Allen and starters will also play about a quarter and a half.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
• When it’s done, the home will comprise 4,900 square feet with five bedrooms and five and a half baths.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2023
• Over the past two and a half years, three chickens and one miniature horse were not so lucky.
  — Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2024
• The interview went from six minutes to an hour and a half.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• The dip will cook for an hour and a half to two hours, but only takes 10 minutes of hands-on time.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 25 July 2023
• The Jewish students lasted an hour and a half and left.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
• Sizes range from 2 inches on ‘Mouse Ears’ to over a foot and a half on giant hostas.
  — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
• Cut to a year and a half later, and Seavers is parking cars at a restaurant.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
• Here’s why: In 2008, the euro was worth almost one and a half dollars.
  — Peter Vanham, Fortune Europe, 2 Jan. 2024
• The device works in above- and in-ground pools up to about 30 feet long, charges in just two and a half hours, and runs for up to 90 minutes.
  — Lauren Taylor, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2024
• That took about two and a half years to finish – from start to finish – ending in 1989.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Sep. 2023
• The project would also widen bridges and rebuild on and off-ramps within the next two and a half years, ADOT added.
  — Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2024
• After all of that and about two and a half hours more, out comes the most outrageous costume of the evening.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• The chorus was written a year and a half ago, and then some of the verses were written two months ago.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024