How to Use and a half in a Sentence

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  • The French Broad should be a foot and a half high, lazy and blue.
    — Susanne Paola Antonetta, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Those guests are there for two and a half to three and a half hours.
    — Demarco Williams, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The price of the home, which has three bedrooms and two and a half baths, varies.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The film spawned eight sequels over the next four and a half decades.
    — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
  • On top of that, the two and a half bathrooms didn’t work at all.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 May 2024
  • It’s been a long road for Rachel and the Websters over the last two and a half years.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2024
  • Three more followed over the next two and a half years.
    — Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The top-to-bottom makeover took more than two and a half years.
    — Melinda Sheckells, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • So that's a great one, and that's going to run for two and a half hours.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The Atlantic Ocean has been running a fever for the past year and a half.
    — Dennis Mersereau, WIRED, 2 July 2024
  • Herbert has spent the last four and a half seasons with the Bears.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • His arrest took place two and a half weeks ago, and the world moves fast.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 June 2024
  • Byers had served with the agency for two and a half years.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2024
  • But on Tuesday, there were four and a half pages on the Yankees and a half-page on the Mets.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
  • Now the episodes are approaching two and a half, three hours.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The June 11-12 Fed meeting is still nearly two and a half months away.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Yeah, this conflict's been going on for a year and a half now.
    — CBS News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Josh Allen and starters will also play about a quarter and a half.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
  • But the show also took two and a half years to make, and more episodes means more money spent.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
  • When it’s done, the home will comprise 4,900 square feet with five bedrooms and five and a half baths.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Over the past two and a half years, three chickens and one miniature horse were not so lucky.
    — Jasmine Baehr, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The rise of autocratic regimes across the world over the last decade and a half has put democrats on high alert.
    — Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The video was only a minute and a half long, but has now been viewed more than 7 million times.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The interview went from six minutes to an hour and a half.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The dip will cook for an hour and a half to two hours, but only takes 10 minutes of hands-on time.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 25 July 2023
  • The Jewish students lasted an hour and a half and left.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • That was six and a half years ago – or several aeons in AI time.
    — New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Sizes range from 2 inches on ‘Mouse Ears’ to over a foot and a half on giant hostas.
    — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024
  • He’s been on the ice for eight five-on-four goals against in 38 and a half minutes, which is the worst goals-against-per-minute rate on the team.
    — Murat Ates, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Only companies with a rating of four, four and a half, and five stars were included on the ranking.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024

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