How to Use hourly in a Sentence

hourly

1 of 2 adverb
  • Juices are pressed hourly and syrups are made in house.
    — Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Many are running hourly or half-hourly services.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Keep in mind that each person's healthy body weight can vary daily and even hourly.
    — Caroline Thomason, Health, 14 June 2023
  • We are paid hourly as well as a commission on the sewing machines.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Merkley wrote his amendment to apply to hourly, not salaried, workers.
    — Jenna Sauers, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2018
  • Many stores will cook the chicken in batches hourly or every couple of hours.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2026
  • His other jobs, for which he was paid hourly, had never offered him stock before.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • Prizes are awarded hourly and players have multiple chances to win.
    — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 30 Mar. 2026
  • New part-time employees will start at $21 per hour and move up to $23 hourly.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2023
  • Chaos ripples out from the Oval Office hourly as from rocks dumped into a pond.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Wage bumps for full-time employees will bring the average top rate to $49 hourly.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2023
  • The messages arrived hourly on an online tribute board set up by the funeral home.
    — oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2021
  • There's a minimum of two hours and a $5 hourly surcharge for extreme weather.
    — Polly Mosendz, Bloomberg.com, 13 June 2017
  • Details seem to emerge almost hourly about the extent of his corruption and subterfuge.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Real jobs pay hourly or a salary with documentation.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The company has been renting space hourly in a few locations across the city, Geyer said.
    — Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2026
  • But for this family, enduring dirt, hunger and poverty hourly, the impact is very real.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 17 May 2017
  • There is hand sanitizer all around, and all surfaces are cleaned and disinfected hourly.
    — Elliott Lapin, Houston Chronicle, 4 June 2020
  • The Treno Gottardo runs hourly to Locarno, with a stop in Bellinzona.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026
  • In a trend cycle that resets hourly, falling behind can feel like disappearing.
    — Essence, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The longer it’s left untreated, the higher the mortality rate, which can increase hourly.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 May 2026
  • The chart below is updated hourly with the latest medal count of the 2026 Games.
    — Paula Cohen, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Zapolin explained that ketamine clinics are currently limited to low-dose lozenges that have to take them hourly.
    — Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
  • During the same year, real hourly wages remained flat or fell for nearly all American workers.
    — Nicholas Confessore, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2016
  • With just days to the Iowa caucuses, the front-runner is getting a bit nervous and trashing his top rivals hourly.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Fresh food comes in daily, sometimes hourly, to keep shelves stocked at the Denton Freedom House food pantry.
    — Bo Evans, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Under current plans, trains would run every 30 minutes during peak times and hourly during off-peak times, with six hours off each night.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Biden’s national security team briefed him hourly as Prigozhin’s forces were on the move, the president said.
    — Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 27 June 2023
  • Biden's national security team briefed him hourly as Prigozhin's forces were on move, the president said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • During the peak of harvest, when the work pays piece-rate rather than hourly, Bucio can earn as much as $1,200 a week.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Feb. 2018

hourly

2 of 2 adjective
  • Set an hourly reminder on your phone.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 24 June 2026
  • Some can't afford your hourly rate.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Marquez said the gap is not only about hourly pay.
    — Alison Saldanha, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • During this time, prices changed daily if not hourly.
    — Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The bells chimed hourly and music played daily.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Many are running hourly or half-hourly services.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The moves mean thousands of hourly workers in the stores will lose their jobs.
    — Bloomberg, Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Each day gets its own page, with space for hourly scheduling, task lists, and notes.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
  • With about $70 in hourly, that comes to $357 for the night.
    — R29 Team, Refinery29, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Walmart is cutting the pay for some of its new hourly workers.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 8 Sep. 2023
  • In short, some employees could see their hourly wage drop by as much as $4.
    — Owen Clarke, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Find the latest hourly forecast and radar on our weather page.
    — Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 June 2026
  • Walmart raised starting pay for its hourly store workers last year.
    — Serenah McKay, arkansasonline.com, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Five dollars felt expensive, when that was about my hourly rate.
    — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The longer a driver stays parked, the more the hourly fee could inch up, Johnson said.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The hourly rates for the lawyers range from $549 to $1,125.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The hourly rates for the lawyers range from $549 to $1,125.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The hourly rates for the lawyers range from $549 to $1,125.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The hourly rates for the lawyers range from $549 to $1,125.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But its got an hourly shuttle that can take you to the heart of downtown, where the action is.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2026
  • That brings their hourly rate to $75 and per-game fee around $2,500.
    — Maddie Garfinkle, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • Audiobooks+ is getting higher-hourly add-on tiers this summer.
    — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Most aldermen have one to three hourly aides that work at least 700 hours.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Minimum wage workers in Hawaii will see the largest jump in their hourly pay.
    — Natalie Wu, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
  • And workers who were recently hired will see their hourly pay double.
    — Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The job mostly paid on an hourly basis, as much as thirty-five dollars per hour.
    — Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • And how might a four-day work week impact employees earning hourly wages?
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • There is a two-hour minimum on all rentals and hourly rates depend on the room size and day of the week.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Last year, the county established a law that prohibits hourly room rentals.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • And downtown workers will face paying half their hourly wages for parking.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

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