stopwatch

Example Sentences

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He urged factory managers to break down each task into its smallest motions, measure these with a stopwatch and then determine the “one best way” to perform the work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

First it was a pencil, paper and a stopwatch.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

As the season unfolded, Ohtani took particular interest in trying to identify such cues himself, sometimes reviewing video in the dugout with a stopwatch in hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

“If I’d had a stopwatch,” she said, “I wouldn’t even have finished pushing down the stopwatch button before the thing was out. It was so easy and fast.”

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2024

Shinnying out onto a perilous but hidden spot, he gripped the roof with one hand and his stopwatch with the other.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand