How to Use hour in a Sentence

hour

noun
Definition of hournext
  • The mood changed from hour to hour.
  • You'll be paid by the hour for this job.
  • You can call me at any hour of the day or night.
  • The project required long hours of work.
  • She was half an hour late.
  • The job pays ten dollars an hour.
  • They arrived a few hours later.
  • She wasn't supposed to eat for six hours before the operation.
  • These animals are most active in the hour just before sunrise.
  • She exercises for a full hour every day.
  • The insects seem to be active for more hours in the day.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • The planes had four engines and could reach speeds of up to 565 miles per hour.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The show will air on CMT live April 7 at 8 p.m. on the east coast and at the same hour, tape-delayed, on the west.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Some voters braved the night chill for up to eight hours to cast their vote.
    — Tomek Rolski, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • They’re hired at a starting pay of around $19 per hour.
    — Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The car sped under the warning lights, 74 miles an hour.
    — Christopher Cox, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Kohan leaves, and Lopez is left with the slowest hour, 1 to 2 p.m.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
  • Stephen’s son raped Catherine over and over again for three and a half hours.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Even the Coast Guard would have taken at least an hour to fly out and help them.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The pay was $4.25 an hour and Nightengale jumped at it.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Even with the low gearing, this grinder can still push through 550 pounds of meat in an hour.
    — Brad Fenson, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
  • On the fourth day, I was put on Pitocin and was contracting for hours.
    — Katie Herchenroeder, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Scratched from the field about 10 hours from post time, Forte also had to sit out the Preakness Stakes.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 6 June 2023
  • Hourly parking costs $3 per hour for the first and second hours.
    — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Light, brief sprinkles could dampen a few spots in the pre-dawn hours.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The longer-range models take about 6 hours to fully charge.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Gaza’s Health Ministry said at least 88 people had been killed in the last 24 hours.
    — Sam Mednick and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Depending on the stops along the route, the journey will take anywhere from 1.5 to two hours.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2024
  • These are the sensations of an hour in the Florida Keys.
    — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 June 2023
  • Fort Worth schools usually start to consider delays or cancellations at least 24 hours in advance of winter weather.
    — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2025

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