Rumors multiplied among our group of five hundred anxious men for whom each hour counted.

The first hour of a marathon hardly counted; the race would be decided in the later stages, as personal resources and willpower gave out.

Each hour counted; tomorrow might be too late.

You could have tried' 'And risk delay when every hour counted?

If Gus was badly wounded, he would weaken rapidly, and every hour counted.

An hour, maybe a little more, but I wouldn't count on it from the rate of their growth and their food supply in there.

However, it was a close call, in which every single hour counted.

Not only was sleep impossible, but it was intolerable, a waste of time when every hour counted.

So it had been today, his hours claimed and counted.

"Every hour flying a Predator counts as a flight hour."