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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Each hour-long episode was shot in a single take, meaning the action unspools in real time. Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2025 Young Nate, with his modem and shared phone line that could lose an hour-long download if someone else in the house picked up the phone, would have loved to deal only with small problems like a mouse setting not sticking. Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2025 During an hour-long call with President Trump on March 19, Zelenskyy agreed to a partial ceasefire with Russia. Katya Soldak, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 Trump completes 'very good' hour-long call with Zelensky President Donald Trump has just completed an hour-long call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 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

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“Hour-long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour-long. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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