How to Use pick up the pace in a Sentence

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• Over the course of the next week, the Bengals will pick up the pace of their practices.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 7 June 2022
• If Taiwan doesn’t pick up the pace, there is nothing the U.S. can do to save it.
  — Michael Beckley, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
• And the series seemed to pick up the pace and find its footing toward the end of the first season.
  — cleveland, 7 Aug. 2020
• Focus on your form during the first and second rounds, then try to pick up the pace a bit.
  — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 30 Dec. 2020
• McDonnell’s squad likes to run with full-court, pressure defense to pick up the pace.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2020
• But, but, my message to the Biden administration is, is, pick up the pace.
  — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2023
• If suppliers can’t pick up the pace, Apple might have to delay the phone’s release this fall.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 12 July 2022
• Grant’s horse pressed Rufus’s bay to pick up the pace, its tail switching with annoyance.
  — Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
• In the final minute, both teams pick up the pace, throwing cinder blocks everywhere.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• Professional basketball invented the shot clock to force teams to pick up the pace of the game.
  — Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
• The cushioning and flow provide a snappy confidence to help pick up the pace and get you quickly to your toes.
  — Adam Chase, Outside Online, 6 June 2019
• The point of enforcing the 20-second rule, Hines said, is to pick up the pace of games that can sometimes drag on to three-plus hours even for seven innings.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
• Now, many have said the incoming administration set the bar too low and needs to pick up the pace even further.
  — Tyler Van Dyke, Washington Examiner, 24 Jan. 2021
• Garcia relied on his cutter to shut down the Tigers, still waiting for their offense to pick up the pace, across seven innings.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2022
• The commissioners often speak to them directly through the livestream, encouraging the judges to pick up the pace.
  — Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2022
• Those numbers may turn out to be optimistic if private consumption doesn’t pick up the pace again soon.
  — Megha Mandavia, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
• The Aggies will need a little of the same good fortune next week in Starkville, where Mississippi State will no doubt require them to pick up the pace on offense.
  — Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2022
• Now, in the fog of the pandemic and with political pressure from the White House to pick up the pace ahead of the Nov. 3 election, the job has become mindboggling for state planners.
  — Angelica Lavito, Bloomberg.com, 14 Oct. 2020
• Given the European economy’s mounting challenges, the central bank may have to pick up the pace of its hikes even more in coming months.
  — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 20 July 2022
• To pick up the pace, South Carolina removed two of the five documents that applicants were required to submit.
  — USA Today, 15 Aug. 2021
• Just a few weeks ago, much of Wall Street was convinced the Fed would pick up the pace on rate hikes given how strong inflation has remained and the tough talk Fed officials were giving about it.
  — Stan Choe, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
• Says Smiley, the Flow Velociti Wind 2 is the shoe for any runner who wants to feel closer to the ground, nimbler, and more able to pick up the pace without compromising comfort.
  — Outside Online, 18 Mar. 2022
• Those companies that don’t pick up the pace risk a major misstep as market requirements demand a response.
  — Felicia Jackson, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2022
• Its single-speed transmission and the inherent refinement of an EV make for smooth, unruffled progress, while the plentiful torque of the electric motors is on hand to pick up the pace.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2023
• Marcus said there are various promising efforts underway, and Lake Mead’s retreating shorelines show the region needs to pick up the pace.
  — Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2021
• The intensity of this month’s World Baseball Classic, and the introduction of new rules designed to showcase athleticism and pick up the pace, should stir even more interest.
  — Austin Knoblauchassistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• Cubs manager David Ross thinks the moves will not only help pick up the pace — even purists of the game worry younger generations won’t have the patience for a three-plus-hour game — but also showcase players’ athleticism.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2022
• To truly become an alternate currency, bitcoin needs to really pick up the pace.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
• The chain used low prices to lure customers and then demanded pharmacists pick up the pace of filling prescriptions, leaving little time for proper monitoring, according to the suit.
  — Matt Townsend, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2020
• But even then, Sen. Sullivan said the Biden administration should pick up the pace on providing additional weapons including F-16s.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024