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How to use the word Seconds in a Sentence? Page #11

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If we improve two and a half seconds, we will win next year, it's realistic, but the thing is we need to work very hard with very high discipline all winter, all united, because in this new Formula One everything is a package, it's not anymore an engine, aerodynamic, mechanical side.

The Spaniard

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There are myriad concerns when looking at this design, chiefly whether or not passengers would be able to evacuate in 90 seconds.

Mary Kirby

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We had real brilliant thinkers that didn't know what the hell they were doing. And it's a mess. It's a mess. And at this point, you probably have to, because that thing will collapse about two seconds after they leave. Just as I said that Iraq was going to collapse after we leave.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

At some point, are they going to be there for the next 200 years? At some point what's going on? It's going to be a long time, we made a terrible mistake getting involved there in the first place. We had real brilliant thinkers that didn't know what the hell they were doing. And it's a mess. It's a mess. And at this point, you probably have to (stay) because that thing will collapse about two seconds after they leave. Just as I said that Iraq was going to collapse after we leave.

Donald Trump

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I was outraged because this is a private citizen and individual who participates in the political process, (and) anyone who knows him for two seconds realizes he's not a Nazi sympathizer.

Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
8 years ago

As soon as I looked over I saw the barrel of the gun, I saw Mr. Apperson, I heard the shot, it was within seconds at the most.

George Zimmerman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

That (the doctor's office) considered it important -- even if it's only taking 30 seconds or a minute of time to say, 'Are things going well? Is there anything we need to be concerned about?' -- shows that they're paying attention to things they need to be doing, it's not out of sight, out of mind.

Matthew Taylor

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Five seconds later people were just flying down ... and running away.

Paul Berberian

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It was like seconds, it was incredibly efficient, as soon as the slides popped, five seconds later people were just flying down ... and running away.

Paul Berberian

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He put his hands in the air and then he had his hands up for a few seconds and the cops shot him twice.

Michael Thomas

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Within seconds, the plane dropped to the ground, and it dropped really hard.

Christine Malloy

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In that moment, my whole life changed, i completely misjudged the dive and went into the seabed. I hit my head and blacked out for a few seconds.

Chris Hoy

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I teach them to sing 'happy birthday' to yourself twice to make sure they wash for at least 20 seconds.

Judy Harrison

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The real key to finding out what, exactly, happened to MH370 is finding the debris field in the seas west of Australia ... Debris such as the flaperon can only increase our understanding of the last seconds of the flight.

Greg Waldron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The plane had dropped a bomb on the main Bazaar street at low altitude only seconds before it crashed.

Ghazal Abdullah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I met Mr. Trump for 30 seconds on May 9. Gave him my card. He hasn't called me thus far.

Matt Moore

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We use femtosecond laser pulses. We scan the skin and we get signals from the skin, particularly fluorescence, as well as another signal called second harmonic generation. So with these two signals we can build up images and get a precise look into the skin with a high resolution. The resolution is a factor of one thousand (times) better than ultrasound. So now you get the information without taking biopsies; normally you slice them, you stain them, and then a pathologist would look through these sections. Now you can get this information in seconds, labor free and with this fantastic resolution.

Professor Karsten Koenig

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In those few seconds, we will feel the whole history of our bilateral ties, the moments when we had no communication, the moments when we had no communications. The first diplomat here and the many who have followed. The visit of Fidel Castro. For us, it is an opportunity to celebrate.

Jose Ramon Cabañas

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We have put a massive amount of detail into the breakdown, last year, we got the highest percentage of quick ball. Everyone talks that in international rugby, you have to have rucks cleared between 0 and 3 seconds. We managed to get a lot of it last year. For us, it's very important.

Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

[ What ] we want to do is engage the major muscles of the upper body, and then work the plyometric and get all of that blood rushing down to those legs to engage in a lower body workout as well. Try to do as many as you can for 45 seconds.

Australian Luke Milton

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I immediately got in his face about it, before I had the chance to lift a finger, in a matter of seconds, I was grabbed by my shoulder and thrown on the ground. I was livid, I thought I was going to look up and see one of my teammates had thrown me down, but I looked up and saw Tim Beckman staring in my face. I was shocked. I don't think I uttered a word.

Kenny Knight

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There's no cost to doing these things, a lot of people who don't believe in God nonetheless will pray when they're really in a crisis, because there's no cost to doing it. It takes seconds to do it.

George Gmelch

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He (Usain Bolt) has a way to go and I think he can come back for the world championship, i feeling very happy that they (Ashmeade and Bailey-Cole) came out and ran sub-10 seconds this weekend, so it shows we are still in with a chance.

Asafa Powell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You’ll feel this move in your legs, lower body, abs, core and shoulders, and then you’ll fire up the triceps and chest during the push-ups, it’ll burn, but it’s only 60 seconds. You can do anything for 60 seconds.

Courtney Paul

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

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