How to Use stopwatch in a Sentence

stopwatch

noun
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  • The 40-yard-dash time seems faster than the stopwatch reads.
    — John Shinn Diehards, ajc, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Some even back it up on a stopwatch in the 40-yard dash.
    — oregonlive, 27 June 2021
  • Starting a stopwatch to know when to give the next dose.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • It can be charged in or out of the frame from dead in about 5 hours by my stopwatch.
    — Bill Roberson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Start small, and take that stopwatch off your wrist, ok?
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Tools of the trade for jump-rope exam prep: rope, stopwatch.
    — Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The other small circles are for a stopwatch (on the left) and seconds (on the right).
    — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The fourth man used a stopwatch to determine how long the Grunter’s echo took to make it to them.
    — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Set time goals and wear a watch with a stopwatch function.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2020
  • The stopwatch feature can do elapsed time as well as split time.
    — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Simple Syrup: First, start the stopwatch on your phone.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Our brains can keep track of short bursts of time like a mental stopwatch.
    — Brianna Abbott, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2019
  • Your stopwatch that shows how quickly the Raiders and Bears threw the football against Miller?
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2019
  • But even with those two, that growth took the turn of a calendar, not a stopwatch.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Chase has a stopwatch and is writing times down on a piece of paper.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The dog then runs down the dock, leaps, swims to a toy that’s suspended at the end of the pool, and grabs it—all under a stopwatch.
    — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 18 June 2018
  • This watch can sound up to five daily alarms and has a stopwatch and a countdown timer.
    — Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Yes, your phone can tell you the tide or become a stopwatch with much less effort, but that's not the point.
    — Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2015
  • Let’s look at the stopwatch on a few races on Saturday.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2019
  • And the original plan for the stopwatch drill, subsumed by Covid?
    — Peter Loftus, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • My kids have always reached for my phone to use as a stopwatch for races, and for selfies.
    — Michelle McNally, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
  • The pair sprinted sideline to sideline across the field, while Mayo kept tabs with a stopwatch.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Meyer’s coach, Sherm Chavoor, held practices twice a day and used a stopwatch in lieu of a pace clock.
    — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 26 June 2016
  • One ref broke out a stopwatch and, yes, Taurasi beat the clock, and, no, there wouldn't be much time for the Lynx to throw in a shot after a timeout.
    — Star Tribune, 15 May 2021
  • Those leather options force you into the Sport Chrono stopwatch for $550.
    — Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2021
  • First, in Bargh’s study, a researcher timed the volunteers with a stopwatch.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2012
  • When the stopwatch hits zero, Chloe gives a little sob, and Knight storms in ready for revenge.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Wilson, in the control room, leaned forward, a stopwatch in his hand.
    — Mick Stevens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • But when McNulty receives a magic stopwatch that can pause time, all hell breaks loose.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Charting those tenths-of-seconds was the job of Betty Rutherford, who had begun timing-and-scoring each of her husband’s laps with a stopwatch in 1973.
    — John Sturbin, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024

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