half hour
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "[U]pon the whole she spent her time comfortably enough; there were half hours of pleasant conversation with Charlotte, and the weather was so fine for the time of year, that she had often great enjoyment out of doors."
- "Every half hour or so one or the other would steal off with snowshoes and toboggan to make the round of the holes, often returning with half a dozen fish that together weighed perhaps twelve pounds, perhaps twenty-four pounds; […]"
- "I was a night owl and could be a bit grumpy (mean, Michelle would say) within the first half hour or so of getting out of bed."
- "Your stomach secretes ghrelin in pulses every half hour, sending subtle chemical impulses to your brain—almost like subliminal biological messages (carrot cake, carrot cake, carrot cake)."