How to Use double time in a Sentence
double time
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The two doctors who had flown in from out of state worked double time.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2020
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Make your room work double time to bring in more light by choosing the right paint finish.
—Marlen Komar, Curbed, 26 June 2018
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So many entrepreneurs try to work in double time to grow their companies.
—Eric Fuller, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
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This lip balm works double time to both hydrate and add light glam to any look—especially that just-got-off-the-plane look.
—Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2022
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The bridge rockets into double time, and after the final verse the band stages a neat slow-motion collapse.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
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When clubs first reopened last year, servers had to work double time to satisfy drink orders.
—Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
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Everest, which upset Stevens Point and Wausau West in double time in the sectional, finished 19-7-2.
—Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2018
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Rudd spent the entire season working, well, double time to pull off these roles, but that last episode proved to be extra-challenging.
—Dan Snierson, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2019
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Few people ever guessed that Sam was working double time.
—Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2022
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For them, walking into the living room and hearing The West Wing playing in double time never gets old (or normal).
—Lindsey Lanquist, SELF, 23 Apr. 2018
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The bread worked double time, as an edible shovel for pull-aparty pieces of tender beef cheek and a bready mop to sop up all of that aromatic, rich curry.
—Emily Schultz, Bon Appétit, 5 Dec. 2019
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Jill Biden on Friday toured a Houston food bank, a place working double time to meet the demands of a pandemic and a weather disaster.
—Michael George, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2021
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That there's going to be pay delays and cuts for people in the emergency room and intensive care unit who are working double time is just a little stunning.
—Scientific American, 22 May 2020
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And Tabitha is certainly doing double time while homebound.
—Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 13 Oct. 2020
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In July, Southwest offered its flight attendants double time to pick up extra shifts.
—Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2021
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Correctional officers make time and a half after one shift, and double time after two.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2021
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Triple-double time: Senior forward Torrey Patton has come close on a number of occasions to recording a rare triple-double for the Vikings this season.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022
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The solution — other than watching summaries and highlights at the end of the day — is to click into YouTube's playback control options and enjoy the proceedings in double time.
—Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2019
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United's academy heads have been working double time since the appointment of Nicky Butt; and the last 18 months have been very productive ones for the club, who are aiming to become a dominant force in the Premier League again.
—SI.com, 27 Apr. 2018
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Since action Mars will be spending double time in your travel sector this summer, indulge in your curiosity to explore new lands, retreats, or even an abroad course of study.
—Rebecca Gordon, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 June 2018
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The piece, by Brooks, begins themelessly, with merely Brooks’s drum thunder, and Shaw leaps in to mesh with Brooks in a rhythm that shifts between—and even daringly intertwines—an extremely fast double time and a hefty, straight-ahead jaunt.
—Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021
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Though testing in the first half of March was mostly confined to individuals needing hospitalization, even those numbers show the coronavirus doubling time in the U.S. was at most two and a half days.
—Andrew D. Hwang, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2020
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Understaffing across departments has meant working double time, not just providing care for patients but also doing the tasks of support staff.
—Marissa Evans, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
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Over what were already speedy tempos, a marimba that sprinted and arpeggiated in double time became a frenetic invitation to party.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2018
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Immigration attorneys in Dallas were working double time last week to file cases that could be postmarked by Friday or Saturday.
—Obed Manuel, Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2020
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Vitamin C Fight back against dullness with a complexion-brightening antioxidant that works double time to shield against current UV damage and also minimize issues from the past.
—Patricia Weigel Shannon, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2020
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The tempo of his speech picked up—suddenly a relatively laid-back congressman from Massachusetts went into double time; mild profanities began to flow.
—Matt Viser, Town & Country, 6 July 2017
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Essentially, each key ingredient is working double time to ensure Baebody keeps its promises.
—Tanisha Pina, Allure, 14 Mar. 2018
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As a result of this combo, soil respiration rates doubled because organic matter-eating microbes were working double time in those pots, feasting on plant remains and exhaling carbon dioxide.
—Ula Chrobak, Popular Science, 28 May 2020
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Whether part of the campaign or not, many American colleges have been working double time to allay worries – and to provide opportunities for international and domestic students to interact.
—Stacy Teicher Khadaroo, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2018
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