How to Use drive time in a Sentence

drive time

noun

• Her show airs during the morning drive time.
• If your drive time to school and back would take the whole day — understood.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• The North Rim is remote and the drive time from Phoenix is a commitment, but don't let that put you off.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2021
• Her drive time also has stretched from about 25 minutes to an hour.
  — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
• After the eclipse, be prepared for traffic jams and long drive times.
  — Michael Zeiler, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
• San Diego used out-of-town workers to spray sidewalks, paid for drive time to and from L.A., plus $179 'per diem' Link 2.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Keep drive time to a minimum by picking an easy trail close to home.
  — Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2020
• The North Rim is remote and the drive time from Phoenix, Arizona, is a commitment, but don't let that put you off.
  — Shanti Lerner, USA TODAY, 15 May 2022
• Rath and Cisneros expect the bus route would take about 90 minutes, similar to the drive time.
  — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Aug. 2022
• The offense's average drive time of 2 minutes 37 seconds is near the bottom of the league.
  — Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
• The average drive time is now equivalent to more than four hours round-trip, or a half-day’s work.
  — Sara Estep, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2024
• On Wednesday, while the two outside lanes were still closed, that drive time ballooned to about 31 minutes.
  — Kathryn Varn, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
• The spread rate, however, is much lower and equated to one-third less driving time on the main roads last year.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
• By car, drivers risk sitting in traffic that can double the four-hour drive time.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
• There is no bridge connecting the two canyon sides, so visitors who want to visit both parts of the park need to account for two to three hours of drive time to make the trip.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023
• Among such trips with phone use, the average drive time was 29 minutes, with drivers spending more than three minutes on the phone.
  — Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2018
• For drivability, the site took into account the shortest drive time for the most people.
  — Avery Newmark, ajc, 21 Oct. 2021
• That shakeup saw Bernstein moved out of afternoon drive time, where he had been paired with Jason Goff.
  — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018
• See which roads might affect your drive time and avoid accordingly.
  — Jordyn Hermani, Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2018
• The average drive time to the nearest such hospital was 10 minutes.
  — Phil Galewitz, Fortune, 21 May 2021
• That means roads will be more crowded than usual, and motorists should expect drive times to be a least 10 percent longer than normal.
  — Carina Julig, The Denver Post, 25 June 2019
• The capital area route will be busiest on Wednesday at 2 p.m., averaging a drive time of an hour and 13 minutes.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2023
• Perhaps Danielle Murr, Hill’s co-host, will bring a fresh perspective as a welcome and overdue female voice in drive time.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2019
• That suggests that more people are delaying their drive time.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 1 July 2021
• In a new update to its app announced Monday, Uber drivers will now be forced to take a six-hour break after a total of 12 hours of driving time.
  — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 12 Feb. 2018
• However, being in Big Woods' northern region would add more drive time for Aaron.
  — Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
• Also, bus rides and driving times need to be calculated from where the student lives, not their current high school.
  — baltimoresun.com, 5 Nov. 2019
• The devices have been required for most truckers since Dec. 18, to keep drivers more honest about their driving time and therefore make the highways safer.
  — Jan Burns, Houston Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
• In contrast, freeway drive time varies, from 1 hour and 20 minutes in light traffic to more than two hours in heavy traffic, and even worse during peak hours or if there is a crash.
  — Tony Bizjak, sacbee, 29 Oct. 2017
• With the drive time becoming unbearable, Campbell decided to leave her post in Louisville to take a new job in New Albany.
  — Ben Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2019

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024