double take
Example Sentences
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Hu observed the insects pausing briefly, almost as if doing a "double take," before gathering nearby.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Waitstaff do a double take at having to get change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
Something in your column made me do a double take.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025
His wife Christina did a double take, echoing, “Alex, what’s wrong with your eye?”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025
I look around and do a double take at an odd painting—and then realize that the room is filled with them.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
