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
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 when he gives me my message, however.
From Washington Post • May 22, 2015
The general scowled, his mustache bristling, but then he seemed to snap to attention.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
