time-out

Example Sentences

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After the medical time-out, Alcaraz broke serve in the very next game to move two sets up, before rattling quickly through the third set to complete victory.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

“We’re on a time-out, and without really determined focus and deliberate diplomacy, this will be a very long intermission while both sides regroup and think about the next round.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2025

“When we finally got let out of our collective time-out corner, we really wanted to go do stuff,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

World number one Novak Djokovic also criticised the crowd last year, saying he found it "disrespectful" when he was booed for taking a medical time-out during his victory against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

From BBC • May 29, 2024

Harry tried to turn back toward the Gryffindor goalposts — he had half a mind to ask Wood to call time-out — and then he realized that his broom was completely out of his control.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling