Sentence examples for hour hands from inspiring English sources

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hour hands

noun

Plural of hour hand

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The hour hands, nine feet long, weigh almost 300 pounds.

Both watches also have regular hour hands to tell the standardized time.

The hour hands are 9ft (2.74m) long and are made of gun metal.

The minute hands are 17 feet long, the hour hands 13 feet 4 inches.

There is evidence that the corporations are willing to change, but it is slow, "like watching the hour hands on a clock", quipped one banker.

The museum's messages are both serious and satirical, as evidenced by the Homeless Clock, whose minute and hour hands have been switched for semiotic reasons.

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Even turning my head at the rate of the hour hand.

A solid vibration indicates the hour hand, and a pulsating vibration signifies the minute hand.

You know the hour hand, minute hand, second hand, and the little motor that makes them move?

The blue clock with the red hand: the disc is two layers, and the red hand is the hour hand.

The shape of the hour hand refers to the dome of a mosque while the minute hand resembles a minaret.

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