stopwatch

Example Sentences

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As a young Klaebo experimented with this unconventional approach, his grandfather clocked him with a stopwatch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Accordingly, it has a stopwatch and is water-resistant up to a certain depth, unlike more delicate and perhaps technically nicer-looking analog watches.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

If you could tear your eyes away from the screen enough to check a stopwatch, not one minute goes by without a flourish that’s either funny, ridiculous, stunning or emotional.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

The purple stopwatch is visiting Oscar Piastri for a good chunk of time here.

From BBC • May 4, 2024

Dad would whistle assembly, take out his stopwatch, and demonstrate how quickly we could gather.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey