How to Use half an hour in a Sentence

half an hour

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  • Kelce's vows were equally long, bringing the vow reading alone to well over half an hour.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 6 July 2026
  • The trip can take more than half an hour each way, traveling under the harshest sun.
    — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
  • Finding Mars first Mars currently rises about half an hour before the first light of dawn.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 July 2026
  • If your doctor recommends taking magnesium as a sleep aid, take it half an hour to an hour before bedtime.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 5 July 2026
  • Key Takeaways Bananas provide an energy boost within half an hour.
    — Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 1 July 2026
  • Similarly, reaching the bars and restaurants of southern Bali’s hipster hub Canggu will take you at least half an hour.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2026
  • How to Get There Florence is served by the Amerigo Vespucci Airport, which is about half an hour from the city center.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • Belgium took an early lead in the 9th minute via Charles De Ketelaere, but the joint hosts equalized half an hour into the game, with Malik Tillman hammering home.
    — Lee Ying Shan,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • Quansah was replaced by Spence for the final half an hour against Panama, with the Tottenham Hotspur full-back being deployed at both left-back and right-back over the course of the World Cup group stage.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • The congregation started to arrive at the usual time, about half an hour before Mass on a recent Saturday afternoon, the old church slowly filling with the descendants and caretakers of a place of great serenity but also great loss.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • The 29-year-old scored a hat-trick in just over half an hour of play in his nation’s last game of the tournament and has helped Paris Saint-Germain win back-to-back Champions League trophies over the past two seasons.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Gobao also claims the X1P's 500-Wh and 750-Wh batteries can charge up to 80% in about half an hour, using a 30-A charging power from the company.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 5 July 2026

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