half hour
nounDefinition of half hour
1
: thirty minutes
2
: the middle point of an hour
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Other Words from half hour
half-hourly
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adverb or adjective
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adverb or adjective
Examples of half hour in a Sentence
Trains depart every half hour.
I waited a half hour in line.
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For example, my flight to Singapore would have taken three and a half hours longer with a layover in Hong Kong. — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, "Why would anyone want to sit on a plane for over 18 hours? An economist takes the worldâs longest flight," 28 Aug. 2019 Mrs Chan spent four-and-a-half hours among the marchers on June 9th. — The Economist, "A proposed extradition law triggers unrest in Hong Kong," 13 June 2019 According to a press release issued Wednesday by the Chico Police Department, the dogs had been left in the motorhome for three and a half hours unattended with the temperature outside at around 95 degrees. — Chico Enterprise-record, The Mercury News, "Northern California police find seven dogs, one dead, in hot motorhome," 15 Aug. 2019 Chimps, our closest living evolutionary relatives, average about nine and a half hours. — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, "How Our Sleeping Habits Helped to Make Us Human," 1 Jan. 2019 Houston to Sydney, United Airlines Hours in the air: 17.5Time saved: At least two and a half hours, and a stop in either Dallas or on the West Coast. — Sarah Khan, CondĂ© Nast Traveler, "The Case for Booking an Ultra-Long Flight," 10 Oct. 2018 The debate is scheduled to last about two and a half hours each night, and CNN plans on airing plenty of analysis afterward. — Caitlin Kelly, WIRED, "How to Watch the Second Democratic Presidential Debate," 30 July 2019 Rain will be heavy in some areas, falling at the rate of up to 1 inch per half hour, the NWS said. — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, "Denver weather: Isolated thunderstorms and rain showers late Friday afternoon," 26 July 2019 The movie is a long haul, running more than two and a half hours. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, "Quentin Tarantino Tweaks History in âOnce Upon a Time . . . in Hollywoodâ," 26 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'half hour.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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