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Example Sentences
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He liked to look at that now and then—for about two minutes, no more.
From Literature
“Hmm, none of these things are right. Wait a minute, what about the bin itself?”
From Literature
In case of a Soviet attack, nukes dispersed in thousands of miles of cut-and-cover tunnels could be launched within 20 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times
They have spent their entire lives training for those 2 minutes when they will plummet down the slope at top speeds exceeding 90 miles an hour in the hopes of shaving split-seconds off their runs.
In Chicago in November, the All Blacks ran away from Ireland with three tries in 15 second-half minutes, before Farrell's side were brutally overpowered by scrum-masters South Africa.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
