variants or less commonly hourlong
: lasting an hour
an hour-long commute
hour-long television shows

Examples of hour-long in a Sentence

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Second-year shows St. Denis Medical (Monday) and Happy’s Place (Friday) are slated to be the other halves of hour-long comedy blocks on those nights. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025 But the Indiana act ripped through its hour-long appearance. Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2025 One season usually consists of more than 30 individual, hour-long episodes, so fans get super invested in certain characters. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 17 July 2025 The hour-long chat featured them recalling the bummer of releasing their 2020 Women in Music Pt. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hour-long

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hour-long was in 1803

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“Hour-long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hour-long. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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