Sentence examples for hour house from inspiring English sources

"It is quite shocking that on average, approaching one third of people's waking hours are spent using them, with phones being used on average five times an hour, every waking hour," House told The Huffington Post in an email.

But at the 11th hour, House Democrats have said: Don't count on us.

With the ground shifting by the hour, House Democratic leaders dropped a plan to approve the Senate health bill without taking a direct vote on it.

"We've come to what I hope will be an historic occasion, and that is finally doing something about the harm that tobacco does to thousands and thousands of Americans who die each year, and stopping the attempt to get our children to smoke," Mr. Waxman said during a two-and-a-half hour House debate Wednesday evening.

WASHINGTON -- As they seek to boost the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour, House Democrats joined a group of Walmart employees on Capitol Hill Wednesday to criticize the world's largest retailer over its pay and scheduling practices, arguing that its low wages steer workers toward public assistance programs.

Mr. Jimenez will be placed under 24-hour house arrest in the Miami area.

Likewise, the final moments of a three-hour House session also tried Mr. Rumsfeld's patience.

The Taliesin tours, besides being costly (two-hour house tours are $47), require constant group adherence, beginning at an off-site visitors' center, where you board a bus.

Last September, I was held under 24-hour house arrest in the outpost of Raijin after refusing to pay a bribe.

Meanwhile, a man with undisputed links to al-Qaida was released on 22-hour house arrest by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, much to the displeasure of some.

Mr. Madoff, who is said to have confessed last month to a huge Ponzi scheme, is under 24-hour house arrest in his $7 million Manhattan apartment.