Sentence examples for a twelfth hours from inspiring English sources

Since five minutes is a twelfth of an hour, instead of saying five past one, we can say "one and a twelfth" hours, or 1 1, where ";" is the dozenal point.

I authorized a third hour of work.

Contrary to some predictions, CBS is not adding a second hour of comedy on Thursday nights.

According to his calculations, I had wasted the first 15 minutes of a fourth hour.

No one drifted out as the clock ticked over into a third hour.

He added that if people listened closely, they could hear network executives "adding a ninth hour to the 'Today' show".

More than enough, she says and goes on to prove with flair, to sustain a second hour at the Fringe.

But as the play moves into the second act (and toward a second hour), the same arguments flare again and again, and little new ground is broached.

News shows will be in greater demand: NBC's "Today" show could add a fifth hour; the Fox Business Network's "Happy Hour" could start at noon.

Many of those courses were outstanding, but even so, my thoughts started to wander a bit as the evening entered a third hour.

Trump's scoring drought had moved into a second hour by the time Robertson gifted him four with a foul to make it 43-4 in the 24th frame.