hour

Example Sentences

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He and his family stayed about an hour and a half, and by then his kids were so tired that it was time for bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

He had returned home from the airport less than an hour earlier.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“Even though they’re only separated by five or six seconds, five or six seconds when you’re going 1000 miles an hour, so that’s many miles, right?” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“Most engineers want to do the 1:00 to 3:45 with a ping-pong break and an hour lunch. That’s the way the Valley worked,” McCardel said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

However, it was not a sustained search by trained people it was intended for, but a swoop by soldiers, a place to get out of sight for half an hour.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom