snap to attention
Example Sentences
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Patsy’s husband, an urban planner, was the first to snap to attention.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022
But heads on both sides did snap to attention whenever that unholy, jangly, self-impeaching peal, so inescapable in the last three years, rang out in the hallowed chamber.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2020
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
I snap to attention as the door opens.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
