How to Use drive time in a Sentence

drive time

noun
  • Her show airs during the morning drive time.
  • The drive time without stops is around 6 to 8 hours.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
  • If your drive time to school and back would take the whole day — understood.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Rush-hour drive times across bridges and tunnels shrank by as much as 30%.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Keep drive time to a minimum by picking an easy trail close to home.
    — Outside Online, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The station just hired him to host its afternoon drive time slot.
    — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Her drive time also has stretched from about 25 minutes to an hour.
    — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
  • After the eclipse, be prepared for traffic jams and long drive times.
    — Michael Zeiler, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • During rush hour, Google Maps shows drive times of nearly two hours.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026
  • By car, drivers risk sitting in traffic that can double the four-hour drive time.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
  • See which roads might affect your drive time and avoid accordingly.
    — Jordyn Hermani, Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2018
  • Grab the umbrella, dress the kids in rain gear, and leave extra drive time in the morning.
    — Tammie Souza, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • That suggests that more people are delaying their drive time.
    — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 1 July 2021
  • About 140 miles north with a drive time of about 2 hours, 15 minutes.
    — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The average drive time is now equivalent to more than four hours round-trip, or a half-day’s work.
    — Sara Estep, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2024
  • But the subsequent surge in drive times could have the opposite effect.
    — Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The spread rate, however, is much lower and equated to one-third less driving time on the main roads last year.
    — Beth Mlady, cleveland.com, 11 May 2018
  • Many in-state travelers drive; from Houston or Austin, drive times range from seven to nine hours.
    — Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
  • For drivability, the site took into account the shortest drive time for the most people.
    — Avery Newmark, ajc, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Also, bus rides and driving times need to be calculated from where the student lives, not their current high school.
    — baltimoresun.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • On Wednesday, while the two outside lanes were still closed, that drive time ballooned to about 31 minutes.
    — Kathryn Varn, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The North Rim is remote and the drive time from Phoenix is a commitment, but don't let that put you off.
    — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2021
  • Rath and Cisneros expect the bus route would take about 90 minutes, similar to the drive time.
    — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Aug. 2022
  • For travelers, that translates to potentially longer routes, last-minute re-routes, or slower drive times.
    — Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
  • But in places like Florida, that increase is nearly 25 times more than pre-Dobbs drive times.
    — Sara Estep, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2024
  • That means roads will be more crowded than usual, and motorists should expect drive times to be a least 10 percent longer than normal.
    — Carina Julig, The Denver Post, 25 June 2019
  • The average drive time to the nearest such hospital was 10 minutes.
    — Phil Galewitz, Fortune, 21 May 2021
  • Among such trips with phone use, the average drive time was 29 minutes, with drivers spending more than three minutes on the phone.
    — Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The offense's average drive time of 2 minutes 37 seconds is near the bottom of the league.
    — Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
  • However, being in Big Woods' northern region would add more drive time for Aaron.
    — Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023

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