Below you will find example sentences with "two seconds". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Two Seconds in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: seconds
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25 words

Words in this phrase

two seconds

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • two can mean: A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Very common word
  • seconds can mean: plural of second Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

59 with two seconds remaining 1× all for two seconds returned to 1× approximately two seconds later an 1× away those two seconds gained at 1× distance of two seconds is required 1× driver and two seconds clear of 1× every two seconds someone in 1× followed by two seconds of scuffling 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a safe driving 1× all for two 1× and that gaining 1× approximately two seconds 1× brunelle missed the 1× by lap 12 1×

Common sentence endings:

48 70 seconds 1× a damp surface 1× about two seconds 1× american red cross 1× have twelve seconds 1× help city residents 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

faster 4× short 3× lap 3× per 3× driver 2× closed 2× laps 2× left 2× game 2× free 2× throws 2× red 2×

Related phrases

two weeks two daughters two years two goals two touchdowns two seasons two sides rating two two assists two decades

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around seconds:

seconds left 20×

Just before it in the phrase index:

two seats two seasons two scores two runs two rounds two races

Just after it in the phrase index:

two sections two sectors two separate two sets two shots two sides

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

two weeks two daughters two years two goals two touchdowns two seasons

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "two seconds" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 59 with two seconds remaining, all for two seconds returned to, faster, short and lap stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with two weeks, two daughters, two years and seconds left, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with two seconds

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

All for two seconds returned to their miserable lives. (9 words)

He can only stand up for about two seconds. (9 words)

A safe driving distance of two seconds is required by law on all roads. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

And that gaining one or two seconds on the light is not worth the death of even one pedestrian, driver or passenger becuase you will inevitably piss away those two seconds gained at the risk of everybody's property, limb and life. (42 words)

By lap 12, he was lapping faster and reeling off fastest laps, opening a gap of 1.7, which he increased to four seconds by lap 15 while Bottas, third, closed to within two seconds of Verstappen. (37 words)

Nine seconds later (at 6:31:04.7), one of the astronauts (some listeners and laboratory analysis indicate Grissom) exclaimed "Hey!" or "Fire!"; this was followed by two seconds of scuffling sounds through Grissom's open microphone. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Cray’s 50.03 seconds in hurdles, however, is two seconds short of the Olympic standard of 48.70 seconds.

And that gaining one or two seconds on the light is not worth the death of even one pedestrian, driver or passenger becuase you will inevitably piss away those two seconds gained at the risk of everybody's property, limb and life.

Mansell, on fresh tyres, set a lap record almost two seconds quicker than Senna's and closed from 5.2 to 1.9 seconds in only two laps.

Brunelle missed the three with five seconds left, and Aneesah Morrow iced the game with a pair of free throws with two seconds left.

Meanwhile, Ayers and Altschwager dominated the mixed double sculls final (PR3) in seven minutes, 26.74 seconds, just under two seconds faster than the Brits.

The Dutchman was 1.4 seconds faster than any other driver - and two seconds clear of Perez in the other Red Bull - after the 20 drivers had completed their opening efforts on a damp surface.

Undoubtedly, its top speed puts it two seconds faster than the F12berlinetta and 488 GTB and just 1.3 seconds behind one of Ferrari’s fastest models, the LaFerrari.

By lap 12, he was lapping faster and reeling off fastest laps, opening a gap of 1.7, which he increased to four seconds by lap 15 while Bottas, third, closed to within two seconds of Verstappen.

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If they take two seconds to move, on the start of their next move they have twelve seconds.

Nine seconds later (at 6:31:04.7), one of the astronauts (some listeners and laboratory analysis indicate Grissom) exclaimed "Hey!" or "Fire!"; this was followed by two seconds of scuffling sounds through Grissom's open microphone.

Wyoming continued to hit free throws to keep it a two possession game, but New Mexico continued to battle and pulled to with two, 61-59 with two seconds remaining.

He says the group’s leaders took “about two seconds” to realize a relationship between the two could help city residents.

Two types of these events are seen — short and long burst, with those events lasting less than two seconds classified as short term bursts.

All for two seconds returned to their miserable lives.

Approximately two seconds later, an officer fired twice at a fleeing Medina as per the time stamp on the police bodycam footage.

A safe driving distance of two seconds is required by law on all roads.

Compared to Ethereum’s processing speed of around 14 transactions per second, Avalanche can handle an unlimited number of transactions per second, with each transaction being completed in less than two seconds.

Craig was then on the ground for two seconds before a second shot went off, she said.

Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood, either for surgery, cancer treatment, chronic illness or a traumatic injury, according to American Red Cross.

He can only stand up for about two seconds.

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