How to Use hour-long in a Sentence

hour-long

adjective
  • Sadly, the hour-long movie’s print was lost in a fire in 1961.
    Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
  • There’s an hour-long event in Ottawa with a 21-gun salute.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • Part 1 of You proved this, its hour-long episodes dragging along.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The first season will consist of eight hour-long episodes.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The hour-long show takes a weekly look at the news, trends and stories that define Ducks sports.
    oregonlive, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Their hour-long Zoom supplied more than a roadmap to reputable providers.
    Jolene Edgar, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
  • What was once an hour-long wait before March has become an hour and a half of late.
    Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • And what our lively, hour-long phone call came down to was this: every meal can't be the be-all, end-all.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Mar. 2023
  • This way, an hour-long program can be cut down to a tight eleven minutes, leaving the rest of the hour for ads.
    Susanna Wolff, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The best hands-on option is the hour-long pretzel-rolling class at the Bavarian Inn.
    Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023
  • That leaves only four more hour-long episodes to sink your teeth into.
    Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
  • The series, which consists of three hour-long episodes, streams in full on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Our group disembarked and hopped on an hour-long boat cruise on Loch Ness.
    Vicki Denig, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
  • All eight hour-long episodes of the show’s first season will premiere on Netflix on Feb. 22.
    Caroline Brew, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The hour-long service, which was livestreamed, was mostly filled with music, singing and prayer.
    James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2024
  • For those with an hour-long commute, this could mean starting the day as early as 4 a.m. to get ready and go in the warmer months.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 July 2023
  • Over the course of the hour-long launch, Google’s presenters referenced AI over 50 times.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2023
  • This features a half-hour scrub, a half-hour bubble bath, and an hour-long massage.
    James Rampton, theweek, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Narrated, hour-long tours run daily, with a fare of $28 for adults.
    Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Here are some of the takeaways from his hour-long question-and-answer session.
    Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Tickets include beer, a plant kit and an hour-long workshop.
    Jessica Swannie, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Near the end of the more than two-hour-long Easter Sunday appearance, Francis seemed to run out of steam.
    Frances D'emilio, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Hulu has ordered eight hour-long episodes, though a premiere date has not yet been set.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Somehow, the presence of a thousand hands for hire, constant street chases and shootouts aren’t enough to make the hour-long episodes go faster.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In the first of the rookie sessions, Jones threw up midway through the hour-long practice and had to collect himself on the sidelines.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • This is another easy day trip that can be done via an hour-long train journey from Madrid.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The hour-long, which airs weekly, examines the news, trends and stories that define Ducks sports.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But over eight hour-long episodes, that youthful pluck starts to seem less like a reason to doubt him than a reason to believe in him.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That hour-long episode, partly shot like a stage play, pulled back on the laughs as Alex P. Keaton dealt with survivor’s remorse after the death of a friend.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
  • While the controversy is but one part of the hour-long special, its presence can be felt in its overall structure and tone.
    Will Digravio, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024

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