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Example sentences for "hour more"

  • The consequence was, that, after waiting for about a quarter of an hour more, Helen again rang the bell, made the same demand, and received the same reply.

  • I waited half an hour more, and then, curiosity conquering my fear, I crept gradually up the fore ladder.

  • In the same strain the conversation proceeded for half-an-hour more, without any feasible plan of action having been decided upon, and with no further result than the arrangement of means for frequent and private communication.

  • The completion of his own arrangements took the Custom-House officer half an hour more, and at the end of that time he returned to his own dwelling, and sat down for a while, to think over the next step.

  • In about a quarter of an hour more, the dinner was announced; and the master of the house, his sister, and Zara, sat down together.

  • The beacons had by this time burnt out; and all remained dark and still for about half an hour more, when the quick galloping of a horse was heard coming from the side of the Marsh.

  • Boil it forty minutes, then set off the kettle and let it stand, close covered, half an hour more.

  • Let it boil slowly half an hour; then add a gill of milk and a small piece of butter, and boil it a quarter of an hour more.

  • When they are soft add the sugar, and boil gently as possible half an hour more.

  • I waited an hour more, when the sergeant of marines came down with two more men, one of whom, to my great joy, was Hickman.

  • In a quarter of an hour more I was back at my lodgings, and was informed by the servant that 'the elderly gentleman' was still waiting for me.

  • But Allan pleaded hard for half an hour more, and for a glance at the famous channel of the Sound, which they were now fast nearing, and of which he had heard some startling stories from the workmen employed on his yacht.

  • In little better than an hour more, the storm was upon us, the thunder was pealing over our heads, and the yacht was running for it.

  • I will wait here, and give my friend half an hour more, and then I can follow you in one of the reed-cutters' boats.

  • An hour more, and the father's arm will be cold and powerless.

  • In somewhat less than an hour more we came to the fountain where they told us, but falsely, that Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch.

  • In about half an hour more we came abreast of a small island, about a league distant from the shore, called by the Turks Ruad.

  • A good hour after that, put in a large quantity of Sorrel, Lettice, Purslane, Borage and Bugloss, and boil an hour more at least three hours in all.

  • Employ therein at least an hour more, then ordinarily is used.

  • Stir it into the strained broth and boil—stirring very often to prevent lumping or scorching—half an hour more.

  • This will take perhaps a quarter of an hour more.

  • Boil a quarter of an hour more, and stir in the butter, with pepper and salt, if the broth be not sufficiently salted already.

  • In an hour more, a very pretty, newly-painted bark, with her sails flapping idly in the calm which was now prevailing, arose to view from the deck.

  • Half an hour more, and the capture of the Sea-Bride would have been repeated, to the gratification of our many friends at the Cape.

  • In half an hour more, their papers had been examined, prize crews had been thrown on board of them, and they were standing back in company with the Sumter, to rejoin the other prizes.

  • In an hour more, Jervy and Mrs. Sowler were to meet at the tavern door.

  • The landlady had knocked at the door, had called through it in a terrible voice, "Half an hour more!

  • In half an hour more, he brought in the new dish.

  • In half an hour more we reached two large tanks, hewn out under the base of a limestone cliff, and nearly filled with rain.

  • After winding among the hills an hour more, we came out upon the town of Jenin, a Turkish village, with a tall white minaret, at the head of the great plain of Esdraelon.

  • In an hour more I was traveling to Nettlegrove Hall.

  • In half an hour more, Mr. Lionel Varleigh was announced as my next visitor.

  • In a quarter of an hour more, Mrs. Zant was safe under his care at the hotel.

  • In half an hour more, he had arrived at her lodgings.

  • Strain the soup, rubbing the vegetables and liver through the colander; season, boil, and skim; put in the sago and cook half an hour more.

  • Roast, not too fast, nearly an hour more, or until your meat is tender.

  • Then add a full cup of rice, soaked for one hour in a very little water, and boil half an hour more, or until the chicken is tender and the rice soft, but not broken to pieces.

  • Put back the meat, and stew half an hour more.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hour more" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    alien enemies; being thrown; eighty days; fine linen; fish and fish products; hour after; hour agone; hour ahead; hour before; hour earlier; hour late; hour later; hour longer; hour more; hour passed; hour past; hour since; hour together; hour will; immediate danger; pretty fair; slight flush; tell mother; upon that; winters south; wood tree