Examples of timer in a Sentence
He was the official timer for the race.
She set the timer on the oven for one hour.
The timer is set to go off in 15 minutes.
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Others trappers swear by dying and waxing their traps like the old timers used to do.
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Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
After a photo was seemingly secured, Academy President Janet Yang gently warned the nominees about the 45-second timer that will apply to their speeches come Sunday.
—Myles Hendrik, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
It can also be viewed inside the details of a specific password entry, with any containing a verification code including the expiration timer, 9to5Mac writes.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Those bombs were identical and equipped with timers and bomb squads were able to defuse them.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
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Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
After a photo was seemingly secured, Academy President Janet Yang gently warned the nominees about the 45-second timer that will apply to their speeches come Sunday.
—Myles Hendrik, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
It can also be viewed inside the details of a specific password entry, with any containing a verification code including the expiration timer, 9to5Mac writes.
—Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Those bombs were identical and equipped with timers and bomb squads were able to defuse them.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timer. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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timer
noun
tim·er
ˈtī-mər 
1
a
2
: a clocklike device that turns something on or off at a set time or gives a signal at the end of a period of time
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