quarter-hour in English

noun
1
a period of 15 minutes.
I used to put minutes, quarter-hours , half-hours into this game, like ever larger sums into a slot machine.
noun
    15 minutes

Use "quarter-hour" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "quarter-hour" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "quarter-hour", or refer to the context using the word "quarter-hour" in the English Dictionary.

1. She'd heard the grandfather clock down in the hall chime every quarter-hour until three o'clock.

2. 27 She'd heard the grandfather clock down in the hall chime every quarter-hour until three o'clock.

3. For example, an appointed number of rings, often seven, Clanged to announce the one-half and one-quarter hour marks before worship.

4. The Brak Show (2000-2003) was a very surreal Quarter Hour Short on , parodying Dom Coms, set (sort of) in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast universe.The show starred Brak and Zorak as high school students in a suburban neighborhood.