double-quick
Example Sentences
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However, the hope engendered by Liverpool's loss actually seemed counter-productive for Arsenal, with nerves sweeping around the Emirates in double-quick time when an early breakthrough did not materialise.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2024
If you want to feel well read in double-quick time, try Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering, which is set in a New York city tenement in the early days of the pandemic.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023
Both players scorched into today’s clash with double-quick quarter-final wins and an intriguing encounter between two of the best women’s players on the planet awaits.
From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2018
It has three speeds: slow, quick and double-quick.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2017
He responded with an irritable hissing and thumping from deep in his burrow, causing me to pull my leg out of there double-quick, despite the pain.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
