How to Use half-marathon in a Sentence

half-marathon

noun
  • Neither had ever run a marathon — or even a half-marathon.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 17 Apr. 2026
  • There’s even a half-marathon and 5K to kick off this season.
    — Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
  • If your goal is to run a half-marathon, don’t save the party for the finish line.
    — Kelly Mickle, SELF, 29 Dec. 2025
  • At the end of a half-marathon, runners are usually wiped out.
    — Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The event also hosted a 5K and half-marathon.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 8 Nov. 2025
  • This is why many half-marathon and marathon training plans heavily bias slow running.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The event also offers half-marathon and 5k distances.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The resilience stuck with him; the next morning, Caffey signed up for a half-marathon.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Kurt's key takeaways A robot winning a half-marathon sounds like clickbait.
    — Adriana James-Rodil, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The Beijing robot half-marathon was a distraction.
    — Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
  • What started as fun little videos quickly took off when a clip of Harper running her first half-marathon went viral.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But on Sunday, an android outpaced the entire field to run a half-marathon faster than even the quickest human.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Back in March, a half-marathon runner lost a championship and a shot at a world title when a guide vehicle made a wrong turn.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Of those who participated, 40 percent were running a half-marathon for the first time.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Last April, just weeks after having open brain surgery, Lochtefeld completed a half-marathon.
    — Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Once Jemison returned to her first all-staff meeting, colleagues and staff wore shirts of her crossing the finish line at a half-marathon.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
  • While China is poised to be at the forefront of development, this year’s half-marathon event was not without its setbacks.
    — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The start line for the marathon and half-marathon is at 22nd Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Reuters noted that earlier this month, robots in Beijing outran human runners in a half-marathon race.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The model won a half-marathon in April against human runners and is being developed into an all-around competitor.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Runners can enjoy a 5K, 10K, and half-marathon, and kids can participate in a one-mile fun run.
    — Megan Dubois, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Their dream is to run competitively in a half-marathon, which is approximately 13 miles in distance.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • After completing a 10K, Harper set her sights on a half-marathon at Mount Charleston.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The independent race organizer had just hosted a half-marathon, which the twins had participated in, and they were hyped to run in a heat with Gunna.
    — Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
  • What began, in 2011, as part of a British woman’s half-marathon training has turned into a global phenomenon.
    — Alexander Nazaryan, New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The World Humanoid Robot Games featured half-marathon and boxing events that were largely considered failures.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Two runners highlighted in the project — an elite athlete and a working dad — both reported meaningful improvements in freshness, sleep and stress, with one logging his fastest half-marathon of the year.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • Thousands of runners are getting ready to run the United Airlines New York City half-marathon Sunday.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The city is scheduled to host a half-marathon and two fitness events on South Beach in March, which also influenced the decision to adjust certain measures.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In April, the Chinese government organized a half-marathon in Beijing in which robots and human runners raced one another.
    — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025

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