Example Sentences

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Timeouts - Each team will be allowed to call one 90-second tactical timeout per game.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2025

“Fast break, you want to stay with it. Timeouts, you can change your focus again. That’s how I’m doing it right now. I’m enjoying every minute of it.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2018

“Being down and fighting and scraping and clawing. We came together. Timeouts got electric. The huddles on the floor were electric.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 28, 2016

Timeouts don’t work very well, then, if you haven’t created a richly positive environment for your child.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2013

Timeouts and substitutions were summoned by the sound of an air horn.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2013