presto

Example Sentences

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Whenever this occurred, I would simply read a passage or two from his book and presto, I was back in the game with every no becoming a yes!

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2024

Then, presto — all that data appeared on the Android.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

They brought unexpected sensitivity to the punchy presto of the second movement.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022

Then he says the magic words, and, presto change-o...his thoughts come whizzing back across the Bonecruel Mountains.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin