on the button
Example Sentences
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Lopez was now beating Taylor to the punch in almost every exchange and a short right landed on the button in the ninth and sent the champion stumbling towards the ropes.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023
“The finger on the button remains in Washington, but the voice is in the ear of Washington every hour of every day,” said Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute.
From Washington Times • Jun. 1, 2023
“It’s not like you just turn on the button, and you have vaccine ready, right? It takes time to get it done,” Kumar says.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 6, 2023
S2’s scores even account for whether a test-taker had his or her hand on the button before pushing it or higher up, which would add time.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023
Shivering knee-deep in damp leaves that couldn't do his leg muscles much good, he readied his thumb on the button of the stopwatch.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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