snap to attention
Example Sentences
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“In small towns, round-bellied Legionnaires snap to attention, salute and rush to tell Senator John Glenn the name of the atoll they helped defend in World War II. “Babies are thrust at him.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2016
When something goes wrong in such situations, it is hard to snap to attention and deal with a situation that is very likely to be bewildering.
From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2016
Someday it may be possible to give people with such warning signs drugs that rescue p53, getting their cellular guardians to snap to attention and wipe out the cancer before it ever gets started.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 5, 2016
But it was another Chinese launch three years ago that made the Pentagon really snap to attention, opening up the possibility that outer space would become a new front in modern warfare.
From Washington Post • May 9, 2016
The general scowled, his mustache bristling, but then he seemed to snap to attention.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
