double-quick
Example Sentences
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However, the hope engendered by Liverpool's loss actually seemed counter-productive for Arsenal, with nerves sweeping around the Emirates in double-quick time when an early breakthrough did not materialise.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024
If you want to feel well-read in double-quick time, try Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering, which is set in a New York city tenement in the early days of the pandemic.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2022
Leicester need a fit and firing Jamie Vardy in double-quick time if their season is not to turn from outstanding to merely very good.
From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2020
It has three speeds: slow, quick and double-quick.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2017
“Do you know?” he enquired of Mary Poppins, who was whisking the crumbs off the table in double-quick time.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
