Sentence examples for the hour passed from inspiring English sources

The phrase "the hour passed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that a specific hour has elapsed or gone by, often in a narrative or descriptive context. Example: "As they sat in silence, the hour passed without them noticing."

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But the hour passed uneventfully.

But as the hour passed, Bush kept coming back to the thing most on his mind: his second term.

The least expected of elite footballers is to keep on trying and as the hour passed City were plugging away.

As the hour passed Pellegrini had made one switch but this was hardly an attacking one, as Fabian Delph entered for Fernandinho.

The hour passed noon, but Mr. Bochicchio had nowhere to be, so he found a spot in the shade of the station to wait and see if one of his recruiter pals showed up.

As the hour passed City had not been troubled again near their goal and were camped near Basel's and a measure of their comfort was shown in Guardiola taking off Ilkay Gündogan for the youngster Brahim Díaz.

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That's not to say the hour passes by the seat of its pants.

Somehow the hours passed..

Somehow the hours passed...

She relaxed as the hours passed.

Tensions rose as the hours passed.

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