double time
Example Sentences
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Cooks in tie-dyed aprons and sky-blue baseball caps move in double time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
“If I need to make something from scratch, I need to work double time before I finish the product,” she explains.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
"So all of you people feel underused now, get a good night's sleep, because next year you're going to be working double time," he said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023
He describes the song as akin to a “slow reggae” with “a double time and a half time all strung together in ballad form, kind of.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
I’m glad I’m here today, even though it’s a weekend, and by rights I would be getting double time if I were on payroll.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
