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Explore Hours through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like period. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Hours in a sentence

Hours | Hour | Hourly | Hourslong

Hours meaning

plural of hour

Synonyms of Hours

work time time period period of time period

Using Hours

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of hour
  • Useful related words include: work time, time period, period of time, period.
  • In the example corpus, hours often appears in combinations such as: hours of, hours and, to hours.

Example sentences (20)

Various studies have confirmed that the virus can remain viable in the air for up to three hours, on copper for up to four hours, on cardboard up to 24 hours and on plastic and stainless steel up to 72 hours.

The mean time to repair decreased from 8.7 hours to 3.8 hours and the mean time between failures increased from 32 hours to 65 hours.

Battery life should last for up to eight hours of playtime per charge, and up to 28 additional hours with the charging case — for a total of 36 hours.

In terms of refunds, a passenger should be offered 25% of the ticket price if they are delayed by one hour for a four-hour trip, two hours for four and 8-hour trips and six hours for a journey scheduled to last more than 24 hours.

My job is quite flexible in that I work from home and set my own hours, so I find that my best times to study is for a couple of hours right after lunch and then for a couple of hours in the evening.

So, he would drive an hour to work, work 8 hours, then an hour back, and then, he would spend at least one to two hours downstairs in the basement at his drawing board working unpaid hours for Boeing.

There was 59% increase in use of internet by children and adolescents, and the mean hours of use increased from 7 hours to 11 hours.

They felt aftershocks during the journey to Cappadocia which would take them a total of seven hours - two hours from Sanliurfa to Gaziantep and another five hours from there to Cappadocia.

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For me, it was three hours in traffic in the afternoon, 3½ hours at the gala and two hours in no traffic back home.

Levi has a 38-hour target for hours worked each week, but he can be flexible in how many hours he can work each day, and on which days, as long as the 38 hours are obtained.

Stays of less than 15 minutes remained free but there was a 20p increase for stays of up to one hour, one to two hours, two to three hours and four to five hours.

But, it’s important to keep in mind the kinds of resources required to abruptly rent a car, drive four hours, wait in line for two hours, and drive back four hours just two days before rent is due.

Compared with sleeping seven to eight hours a night, those who slept for nine hours or more had a 23% greater risk of stroke, while shorter sleep (less than six hours a night) had no significant effect on stroke risk.

Ten hours out, six hours on the ground, then 13 hours back: the kind of flight schedule that is, for a single crew, inconceivable in regular aviation.

The annual average utilization hours of the Company's domestic power plants reached 3,915 hours, representing a year-on-year decrease of 293 hours.

The program now requires students to complete four hours of service and four supplemental service modules per week, a reduction from the standard eight hours of service per week with four hours allotted for travel.

Unlike other emerging markets, Indians’ daily hours spent on smartphones (3 hours and 30 minutes) is still below the weighted global average of 3 hours and 40 minutes.

The EKG, IV and pharmacy programs will all require 50 hours of coursework, while the clinical medical assisting program will require 140 hours in class and 160 clinical hours.

The six classrooms operating as extended duration sites will almost double annual classroom contact-hours from 512 hours to 1,020 hours.

It has been called the eight-hour day movement — which supported eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation and eight hours for rest.

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Common combinations with hours

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • hours of 67×
  • hours and 48×
  • to hours 29×
  • two hours 28×
  • hours in 21×
  • four hours 20×
  • three hours 19×
  • hours on 19×
  • for hours 19×
  • hours for 18×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hours" in a sentence?
An example: "Various studies have confirmed that the virus can remain viable in the air for up to three hours, on copper for up to four hours, on cardboard up to 24 hours and on plastic and stainless steel up to 72 hours." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hours" from authentic English texts.
What does "hours" mean?
Hours means: plural of hour
What are synonyms of "hours"?
Common synonyms of "hours" include: work time, time period, period of time, period.
How many example sentences with "hours" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "hours", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.