Sentence examples for hour was won from inspiring English sources

The 9pm hour was won by BBC1 drama Silent Witness, which pulled in 6.1 million viewers and a 24% share, the same as last week.

The 9pm hour was won by ITV1's Popstar to Operastar, in which former Popstars and Pop Idol also-ran Darius Campbell made it third time lucky to take the singing competition's crown.

This year's Le Mans 24 hours was won by a diesel-electric hybrid, while Formula One cars have been using energy recovery systems for the past two years.

However, once it became a mass participatory phenomenon in Australia from the late 19th century as shorter working-hours were won, issues of class and politics would conflict, often spectacularly, on the sporting arena.

Of course, the labor movement's long and difficult campaign for the eight-hour day was won in 1938, when the Roosevelt administration -- as part of its New Deal program -- shepherded the Fair Labor Standards Act through Congress.

On top of all that, it is the longest race of the year - nearly two hours - and was won in 2011 by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.

The six-hour backbench business debate was won by Labour MP Grahame Morris, former Conservative justice minister Crispin Blunt and former Liberal Democrat children's minister Sarah Teather.

Lasting for more than 12 hours overall, the race was won by Ferenc Szisz driving for the Renault team.

The challenge was won after 62 hours by "Paintttniap" a team consisting of primarily non-MIT participants, many of whom are members of the National Puzzlers Association.

As a testament to what can be accomplished with today's skills and tools, the prize was won in under an hour.

The 118-mile (190km) stage was won by Marcel Kittel almost five hours later.