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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But imagine my surprise when I was immersed in an hour-long, slow, deep stretch. Jasmine Browley, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2024 Knott reveals that Colwill’s foundation will also provide hour-long coaching sessions for free on Saturday morning’s from next summer for kids from under-7 upwards. Simon Johnson, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024 The show’s premise involves Schwartz and his fellow improvisers developing an hour-long narrative show out of the stories from a few audience members. Leila Jordan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024 American Airlines on Tuesday lifted an hour-long ground stop of all its flights in the U.S. due to an unspecified technical issue, a notice on the U.S. aviation regulator's website showed. Abhijith Ganapavaram and Utkarsh Shetti, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024 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 3 Jan. 2025.

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