How to Use an/per hour in a Sentence

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• The venue is located about an hour and a half drive from Washington D.C.
  — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Oct. 2024
• In fact, those with a normal sense of smell had about 240 more inhalation peaks per hour than the people with anosmia did.
  — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
• Users can submit a claim for up to three hours at a rate of $25 per hour for time spent regarding the unauthorized users and data breach.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Oct. 2024
• On the night of Oct. 19, her mother allegedly tried to find her daughter after not having seen her for about an hour.
  — Abigail Adams, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
• About an hour after the 911 call, the man died at the scene.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• Pull the grits out of the fridge about an hour before lunch and pop the ramekins into the oven.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2024
• The group had to guess when an hour had passed, counting the seconds.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 20 Oct. 2023
• This extends the journey time by around an hour and a half.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
• The vehicle was found less than an hour later, about a mile from the site of the theft.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2024
• Find a spot with a clear view that faces the east about an hour before sunrise.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2024
• The courthouse doors usually open to the line about an hour and half before the 9:30 a.m.
  — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 14 May 2024
• None of those recipes takes more than an hour to make and all can easily feed a crowd.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• On a solo tour, and not for the first time, Hill shows up more than an hour late for a show in Oakland.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
• The fire crews had arrived about an hour and a half earlier.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
• This Root Touch-Up Kit camouflages up to one inch of gray hairs in about an hour.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• Under the terms of the agreement, the state will be charged $45.50 per hour for the work of each payroll analyst.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
• Just as with Josiah, the meeting paused for a break after an hour.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023
• All six men were in harmonious sync for what felt like an hour.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
• In other words, there’s a big gap between what skilled coders earn per hour and what a beat cop earns.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
• All that, only to find what may be the most suitable spot to play only an hour from home.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
• The father of four — three still live at home — is making $15.50 an hour, hardly enough to get by.
  — Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
• That’s a big increase from the state minimum wage, which will be $16 an hour next year.
  — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• In a wildfire, a house burns for about an hour at 1,800 degrees at its hottest point, near the ceiling, Babrauskas said.
  — Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• Kuzydym called and emailed Metro Parks and city officials, and in less than an hour, the water was on at the 8.8-acre park.
  — Veda Morgan, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2024
• Leave it in the hair for up to half an hour before rinsing it thoroughly.
  — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 17 Aug. 2024
• The union jobs paid between $19 and $26 per hour, and provided a pension, Fuller said.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
• Whiling away an hour or two at the Wilderness Outpost boutique.
  — Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2024
• Setup: The mattress came out of the box and expanded to its full size within an hour.
  — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, Parents, 11 July 2023
• Torres said diners come from all over North Texas, and some drive up to an hour to eat her dishes.
  — Imelda García, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
• The new drone is capable of flying at speeds of 45 miles per hour and is small enough to fit into the trunk of a police car.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024