How to Use presto in a Sentence

presto

adverb or adjective
Definition of prestonext
Synonyms for prestonext
  • Cut to 1993, a couple of kids light the wrong candle and presto!
    — Meredith Woerner, latimes.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Just hold the citrus in one hand, press the reamer into the flesh with the other, and presto.
    — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 28 July 2019
  • And then presto, del Potro started to move faster and hit harder.
    — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Just pop a K-Cup in, add some water, press the button and presto, coffee!
    — Alicia Kortendick, al, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Quart-size resealable bag Add ice, and presto: cold pack.
    — Peg Rosen, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Just as with pelargonium, snip off a three inch piece at a node, place in water for 2-3 weeks, and presto!
    — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2017
  • An implanted chip can alter part of that code so the server won’t check for a password—and presto!
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2018
  • With additional manpower from other team members, the box was installed in the garden, and presto!
    — Janet Draper, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
  • And presto: Magically, 31 million barrels of oil disappeared from the spreadsheets.
    — Ed Wallace, star-telegram, 17 June 2018
  • Show him brotherly love, fatherly discipline, bring him in to the fold, bathe him in your team’s magically-spectacular camaraderie, and presto.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Here Helmchen was in his element, finding apposite aural equivalents for each Beethoven marking and achieving special results in the 10th, presto, variation played staccato and light, and the whirlwind No. 23.
    — Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
  • And extreme contrasts - the fourth movement has rapidly, repeatedly alternating speeds, adagio to presto - were narrowed, giving little shock.
    — Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2018
  • Cut to 1993, a couple of kids light the wrong candle and presto!
    — Meredith Woerner, latimes.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Just hold the citrus in one hand, press the reamer into the flesh with the other, and presto.
    — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 28 July 2019
  • And then presto, del Potro started to move faster and hit harder.
    — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Just pop a K-Cup in, add some water, press the button and presto, coffee!
    — Alicia Kortendick, al, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Quart-size resealable bag Add ice, and presto: cold pack.
    — Peg Rosen, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Just as with pelargonium, snip off a three inch piece at a node, place in water for 2-3 weeks, and presto!
    — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2017
  • An implanted chip can alter part of that code so the server won’t check for a password—and presto!
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 4 Oct. 2018
  • With additional manpower from other team members, the box was installed in the garden, and presto!
    — Janet Draper, Smithsonian, 25 Jan. 2017
  • And presto: Magically, 31 million barrels of oil disappeared from the spreadsheets.
    — Ed Wallace, star-telegram, 17 June 2018
  • Show him brotherly love, fatherly discipline, bring him in to the fold, bathe him in your team’s magically-spectacular camaraderie, and presto.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Here Helmchen was in his element, finding apposite aural equivalents for each Beethoven marking and achieving special results in the 10th, presto, variation played staccato and light, and the whirlwind No. 23.
    — Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
  • And extreme contrasts - the fourth movement has rapidly, repeatedly alternating speeds, adagio to presto - were narrowed, giving little shock.
    — Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2018
  • Cut to 1993, a couple of kids light the wrong candle and presto!
    — Meredith Woerner, latimes.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Just hold the citrus in one hand, press the reamer into the flesh with the other, and presto.
    — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 28 July 2019
  • And then presto, del Potro started to move faster and hit harder.
    — Tom Perrotta, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Just pop a K-Cup in, add some water, press the button and presto, coffee!
    — Alicia Kortendick, al, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Quart-size resealable bag Add ice, and presto: cold pack.
    — Peg Rosen, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Just as with pelargonium, snip off a three inch piece at a node, place in water for 2-3 weeks, and presto!
    — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 14 Dec. 2017

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