timer

Example Sentences

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Again, the egg timer really works only in a single direction.

From Slate • May 5, 2026

But there’s nothing like listening to your tiny baby screaming on the other side of the door while waiting for a timer to go off so you can go comfort them.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Using a simple remote control, you cycle through six heat levels and can set a timer in one-hour increments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The average short-term timer that my firm tracks reduced recommended equity exposure on Tuesday by almost 20 percentage points, as judged by the Hulbert Stock Newsletter Sentiment Index.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

I reported to the corporal, who was holding a timer.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah