How to Use time trial in a Sentence

time trial

noun
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  • He posted the second best lap in the time trials.
  • Starting the time trial second to last, Pogacar was faster than the rest of the field by over a minute.
    — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 23 July 2023
  • At the Paris Olympics, the men’s time trial is scheduled for July 27, and the men’s road race is Aug. 3.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 29 June 2024
  • In spite of the attention to speed, this was not a head-on race or even a time trial.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Chloe Dygert, who took bronze in the July 27 time trial, will be there, as well.
    — NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The only teammate who beat me was the one team member who had missed the time trial.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Carmel’s Jacob Mitchell was to swim a time trial in the 400 freestyle at the end of Tuesday night’s session.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2021
  • Roglič was all set to win the Tour in 2020, with a healthy lead going into the final time trial.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 28 June 2024
  • His strongest suit, however, was the time trial, or race against the clock.
    — Ian Austen, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Four years ago in Rio, Masters fell just short of the podium, finishing fourth in the road race and fifth in the time trial.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 23 June 2021
  • In road cycling, there are road races, time trials, and relay events.
    — Molly Higgins, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Kipchoge set the record last year in Berlin, and ran a marathon in less than two hours in a time trial in Vienna last month.
    — New York Times, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Boston is perhaps one of the last pure races, one more akin to the Olympics or a world championship than a time trial.
    — Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
  • But the journey from Italy to U.S. living rooms proved to be the ultimate time trial in the pre-satellite era.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2021
  • Leah Thomas and Kristen Faulkner both have podium shots in the road time trial, though.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • In Tokyo, she was 31st in the road race and seventh in the individual time trial.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2021
  • And remember: the goal is to substitute for a tempo run, not a time trial or a race.
    — Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Busch led a sweep of the top three spots for Stewart-Haas Racing after 15 minutes of time trials.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Two years ago, Dygert became the youngest time trial winner — with the biggest margin — in the history of the road worlds.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The racetrack has been busy all week for Daytona Speedweeks, a series of races and time trials that precede the big race.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Ryan Boyle is a tricyclist, competing in the time trial and road race events.
    — al, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Pogacar grabbed the yellow jersey there in 2020 by crushing Roglic in a dramatic time trial on the eve of the finish.
    — Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2022
  • Pogacar sealed the win in a high-drama time trial on Saturday, the last real day of racing for the title.
    — John Leicester, Houston Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2020
  • The focus now shifts to the time trial where Roglic will be aiming to secure his first Tour title, and the first at the 117-year-old race by a Slovenian.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Also, this test is based on performance in a solo time trial, not a race.
    — Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 24 June 2020
  • The Colombian climber is just 24, has excellent time trial abilities and should be Pogacar’s main rival in the years to come.
    — Samuel Petrequin, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 July 2021
  • The Tour de France starts today with a time trial around the streets of Copenhagen; the most northerly ever start for the world’s largest annual sporting event.
    — Carlton Reid, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • Van Vleuten, the world time trial champion in 2020, was part of a dream team of world champions heavily favored to win gold in the road race.
    — Dave Skretta, Star Tribune, 27 July 2021
  • Cabral, of Hartford, did think about running the race hard, maybe as a time trial with some other elite runners in the state, but then decided against that.
    — Lori Riley, courant.com, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The former venture capitalist was a replacement for Taylor Knibb, who gave up her spot in the road race to focus on other events in the time trial and triathlon.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024

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