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How to use the word SECONDS in a Sentence? Page #12

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We cannot have knives getting whipped out in bars within seconds of a mere pushing and shoving match.

District Attorney Adam Gerol

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's something that you or I could do in 30 seconds flat, and watching them both try to fumble through with limited dexterity was kind of painful but sweet because they really needed each other to make it happen, you could tell the kids felt, we're doing this together, and we're helping each other, and it's not yet another situation where I'm not big enough.

Filmmaker Evan Briggs

Found on CNN
9 years ago

If a certain production step takes 40 seconds, and data analysis finds a way to shave four seconds from the process, output can be increased by up to 10 percent, and it doesn't cost us anything.

Markus Schaefer

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I only need you to be a Republican for two seconds. Two seconds, go into the voting booth. Put your finger on the button. Once you got your finger on the button, you can even close your eyes if you want, so that you got deniability. Alright? Close your eyes. Hit the button. Hit the other button. Walk out. It'll be our secret. You don't need to tell anybody.

The Republican governor

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I told him in a half serious, half joking mode, that I had a capitalist proposal, his response after more than 30 seconds was 'That's indeed very intriguing, but if you want us to reach an agreement quickly, that's not the fastest route. It's a few years too soon.'.

Philippe Pouletty

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I thought, 'this isn't right', and I told my colleague, 'I think we're in trouble'. After I said that, the ship flipped over. It only took 30 seconds or a minute.

Zhang Hui

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Instead of using our guy's record to prosecute a case against him, they put all their eggs in a flimsy guilt-by-association attack that failed miserably, even in this strongly populist district, there were some ads where they spent 26 seconds talking about the Kochs and four seconds on Jenkins, which was fine by me.

Andy Sere

Found on CNN
9 years ago

In 2014 I started smelling a very faint vinegar smell for 30 seconds or so, for about once a day. After the third or fourth time, I thought that was really weird.

Steven Keating

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Forget it, forget it, forget it. I don't play for seconds.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think this would be a better surface for Simona Halep to play Serena, i think that it( the clay) defuses Serena's power. I think( Sharapova) likes that few extra seconds that clay allows her to set up her shots.

Chris Evert

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The aim is to get out of its way without him flattening you, it's very rare that they come back for seconds and if that is the case, you have to get some more out of its way.

Van Heerden

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It's very rare that they come back for seconds and if that is the case, you have to get some more out of its way.

Van Heerden

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Cricket is like baseball, you've got to concentrate for 10 seconds and then you relax, and then you concentrate. And that switching on and switching off is affected by carbohydrates and sugar, in my view. It's the same in golf.

Timothy Noakes

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Your product has to capture someone’s attention within the first three seconds of them glancing at it.

Ziver Birg

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Fingerprints are so quick compared with urine or blood or even saliva. You can put a fingerprint down in a couple of seconds, and our method of analysis is so quick - it literally takes two minutes to analyze a fingerprint sample.

Melanie Bailey

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

These officers had no chance to call for assistance, the whole incident took three seconds start to finish.

Police Commissioner William Bratton

Found on CNN
9 years ago

For the first seconds, it was complete silence. By the fifth second, everybody started to scream, it was really, really intense. Even when the shaking stopped, people were still screaming. They were completely panicked, because they knew exactly what it was.

Marc Sarrado

Found on CNN
9 years ago

After 15 seconds, I thought I was going to die, i continued to struggle, but thought this is the way I was going to die. It was unbelievable to me.

Dan Carlin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I realized how lucky I was, another 3 seconds and that could have been me.

Blake Rice

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I'd like to demonstrate how I shot him for 10 seconds.

Susan Monica

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Dear Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as long as HDP remains and our voters remain on this land, we will not let you become president, we will not let you become president, we will not let you become president. (His last party meeting speech before 2015 general elections that only lasted 3 minute 36 seconds)

Selahattin Demirtas

added by okean
9 years ago

She squeezed my neck for about 20 to 30 seconds. I couldn't breathe. I had blood going to my head and my eyes were so watery.

Tommy Schaefer

Found on CNN
9 years ago

It doesn't matter if the muscles are strong if they are strong three seconds after you lose your balance, you only have about half a second before you hit the ground.

James Richardson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Community trust is a precious but perishable commodity that must be nurtured, otherwise, the hard work of building that trust can be eaten away in a few seconds.

Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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