How to Use half an hour in a Sentence

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• The hearing on the bills lasted less than half an hour.
  — Todd Richmond, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
• The islands are on their own time zone, half an hour ahead of the mainland.
  — Hillary Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
• LeRette lives with his wife in a farmhouse half an hour south of Rochelle.
  — Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
• This time, the app suggests Sweet Poké, a place half an hour away from my client’s home.
  — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 15 July 2024
• About half an hour later, some of the performers took a breather in the shade.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• And for half an hour, a little club turned into a rock-and-roll church.
  — Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
• Cover the pastry and place it into the fridge for at least half an hour to chill.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
• Cover the pastry and place it into the fridge for at least half an hour to chill.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 May 2023
• They were dispatched to the area again about half an hour later for the sounds of gunshots.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• This recipe takes less than half an hour of hands on time and is totally worth the wait.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 1 July 2023
• The smoky-sweet combo comes together on the grill in just half an hour.
  — Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2023
• Rather than overnight cooking, these pork chops are ready in just over half an hour.
  — Christopher Kimball, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• Then the devil pops up, and over the course of about a half an hour, the infant Mary vanquishes the devil!
  — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
• About half an hour later, I was awoken again, this time by a phone call from a friend.
  — Anna Holmes, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2023
• But half an hour before the game, Kaufman and I, along with the Rec and Parks worker, were the only ones there.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Foltz's roommate found him about half an hour later, and 911 was called.
  — Sheridan Hendrix, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2023
• Your nieces want something sweet, but dinner is in half an hour.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2023
• What’s in the mega-omnibus passed by both chambers in just half an hour on Sunday?
  — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 20 May 2024
• With an air fryer, these shrimp go from fully frozen to ready-to-eat in less than half an hour.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 23 Jan. 2023
• Even the most beloved dryers will take half an hour—and that’s just to dry; styling is a whole other matter.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 19 July 2024
• India and Sri Lanka would rank highly for being half an hour out of step with the rest of the world.
  — WIRED, 4 Nov. 2023
• That loss led the district to extend the school day by half an hour for several weeks.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2023
• About half an hour later my brain realized it was lied to and chilled out a bit.
  — Pete Cottell, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
• Maurin likes to drink it very cold: reds in the fridge, whites and rosés in the freezer for half an hour before opening.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• About half an hour later, the school lifted the shelter-in-place order.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2023
• The fire was extinguished within half an hour and the dog was found dead inside, Evans said.
  — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
• The sequence lasts roughly fifteen seconds; the whole movie is over in half an hour.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
• The town is about half an hour from the Delaware coastline and sits on the banks of the Indian River.
  — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2023
• Get outside an hour before midnight and allow your eyes to dark-adapt for at least half an hour.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
• This is mentally taxing, and after half an hour has been shown to reduce both mental and physical performance.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024