How to Use one-two in a Sentence

one-two

noun
  • So this year, grass and trees have formed a one-two punch in the May weather.
    — Jack Nimesheim, The Enquirer, 31 May 2023
  • Stephan and Clase are Francona’s one-two punch in the eighth and ninth innings.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 July 2023
  • The savvy one-two averted a critical loss near the goal line.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Because that would be the ideal one-two punch for Schoen, Daboll and the Giants to pair with Stafford.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Eli Lilly shares soared Tuesday on a one-two punch of good news.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Battie and Hunter could become a solid one-two punch for the Tigers.
    — al, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The Dons and Montgomery will be seeded one-two in some order.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • The one-two punch was thrown an hour later via an email from Mayor Karen Bass.
    — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
  • Traffic lights along the Zulu route gave a one-two punch to some of the upper-deck riders.
    — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
  • For one Anna Maria Island landmark, the one-two punch of these storms was too much.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a one-two step to success in those frames — fastball, slider.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
  • Instead of being the label’s one-two punch post Biggie’s death, the duo were at odds akin to Shaq and a young Kobe Bryant.
    — Jayson Rodriguez, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The one-two punch of climate-friendly and delicious grows on trees.
    — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Two winter storms will bring snow, freezing rain and arctic cold in a one-two punch to parts of the United States this week.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
  • That poignant one-two punch was all part of director Michael Morris' plan.
    — EW.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • So far, the answer seems to be that both natural disasters played a role, in a kind of one-two punch.
    — WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The one-two punch has left a co-owner worried that her business will collapse.
    — Megan Myers, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But the forward is still key to the Bulls offense, providing balance to the one-two punch alongside LaVine.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Many of them faced the one-two punch of the Great Financial Crisis and the soaring home prices the remote work boom of the pandemic brough on.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • In the end, Usyk struck a one-two jab just before the final bell, bringing him to victory, per Sky Sports.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Those who want to buy their first homes have faced the one-two punch of rising home prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The EcoBoost also chirps its tires on the one-two upshift, which is a fun little flourish.
    — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Dry skin types can layer a hydrating face serum on top for a one-two punch of moisture.
    — Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 26 June 2024
  • Jackson and running back Derrick Henry have been a lethal one-two punch in the backfield.
    — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Moreover, the Brewers have arguably one of the best one-two punches in baseball with Burnes and Brandon Woodruff.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Koufax, feet together, now to his windup and the one-two pitch: fastball outside, ball two.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • And then came the one-two punch of the pandemic and the devastating earthquake in February of this year.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2023
  • City got their press wrong from kick-off at the start of the second half, and a simple one-two was enough for Pedro Goncalves to get in behind their midfield.
    — Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The guilty pleas completed something of a one-two punch by the Justice Department.
    — Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Don’t get yourself in hot water Perhaps the ultimate one-two punch against the skin’s defenses is soap and hot water.
    — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025

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