How to Use quarter hour in a Sentence
quarter hour
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Church bells ring briefly each quarter hour to sound time, their melodic peals blending with ocean breezes.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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Using binoculars, begin looking a quarter hour after sundown, low in the west-northwest.
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Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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But with the second installment still sloshing around in my memory, my sense of wonder began to wander during this film's three and a quarter hours.
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Bob Mondello,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2025
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Swiss midfielder Johan Manzambi broke through with little more than a quarter hour to go, slamming a chest-high volley past goaltender Nikola Vasilj to end the deadlock.
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Josh Gross,
Oc Register,
18 June 2026
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The mega-budget film is earning strong audience exits, including an A CinemaScore, in line with the two previous films — despite its running time of more than three and a quarter hours.
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Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Dec. 2025
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