presto

Example Sentences

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Whenever this occurred, I would simply read a passage or two from his book and presto, I was back in the game with every no becoming a yes!

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

And then, just as it seemed that Capaldi had always been, would always be, the Doctor, hey presto, Whittaker appeared as the 13th.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Then, presto — all that data appeared on the Android.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Oakway came into being in parallel with Maddie’s crush on airplanes—I want bigger toys, she’d wished, and hey presto, a week later, there was Oakway.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein