variants or less commonly hourlong
: lasting an hour
an hour-long commute
hour-long television shows

Examples of hour-long in a Sentence

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For those wishing for a quick adventure, there’s an hour-long float that runs from the town’s City Park to Rio Vista Park. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025 How many to-dos can be packed into an hour-long nap? Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 12 Feb. 2025 For Tom to give more than an hour-long interview to someone and consistently give them access to his home and his life and his band, that never happened again. Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025 Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón addressed recently resurfaced social media posts during a teary, hour-long CNN en Español interview on Sunday. Abby Monteil, Them, 4 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for hour-long 

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hour-long was in 1803

Dictionary Entries Near hour-long

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“Hour-long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour-long. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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