Examples of hourly in a Sentence
Adverb
she checks her phone for messages hourly
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Silvija Martincevic, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
To see how much power the bulb is drawing, tap the three lines in the upper right corner of the Rooms screen, and then tap the Energy Consumption tab to view hourly, weekly, and monthly power usage statistics.
—PC Magazine, 5 July 2025
Bob Pearson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
If tips, combined with that hourly rate, don't equal Wisconsin's minimum wage of $7.25, employers must cover the difference.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
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Adverb
Nearly 60% of the U.S. workforce—over 80 million people—are paid hourly, working shifts that keep our economy running well beyond the traditional 9-to-5.
—Silvija Martincevic, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
To see how much power the bulb is drawing, tap the three lines in the upper right corner of the Rooms screen, and then tap the Energy Consumption tab to view hourly, weekly, and monthly power usage statistics.
—PC Magazine, 5 July 2025
Adjective
In 2013, a British study of 1,000 mothers found that children asked their parents more than 300 questions per day at an hourly rate that rivals the pace of the Prime Minister’s Questions time.
—Bob Pearson, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
If tips, combined with that hourly rate, don't equal Wisconsin's minimum wage of $7.25, employers must cover the difference.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
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“Hourly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hourly. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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