How to Use second wind in a Sentence

second wind

noun

• The sight of the finish line gave the runners a second wind.
• He suddenly got his second wind and was able to complete the project on time.
• But Díaz caught a second wind and bailed out the bullpen in the ninth.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 13 May 2023
• Despite the heat and daylight, the band found its second wind in the back half of the set.
  — Caryn Rose, Variety, 3 May 2024
• The human shape moaned again, and that was enough to give Bo his second wind.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 8 July 2018
• Get a second wind and dive into a long-term project as the sun goes down.
  — Jennifer Worick, The Seattle Times, 19 Sep. 2017
• The Nordex Acciona plant is the second wind turbine blade plant to open in Matamoros over the past year.
  — Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle, 17 June 2019
• The congressman got a second wind in the race after Trump jumped ship.
  — Hannah Knowles, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2022
• But one idea that's been in the air since the 1990s is catching a second wind, thanks to a new effort by Airbus.
  — Eric Adams, Wired, 16 Feb. 2020
• And the team appears to be finding a second wind just as the schedule seems to easing up.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
• McElwain’s Gators did discover a second wind just in the nick of time.
  — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• Cleveland has given a second wind or a third or fourth wind.
  — cleveland, 3 Sep. 2020
• Meanwhile, at least some of the world’s democracies appear to have found a second wind.
  — Doyle McManuswashington Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2022
• In the 1990s, the idealists of the rock underground went mainstream, and sellout got a second wind.
  — Franz Nicolay, Slate Magazine, 28 July 2017
• There are times during an 82-game season when a team needs a second wind, and the Pacers appear to have reached that point.
  — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2018
• Right guard Marshal Yanda seems to have found a second wind and looks fresh heading into the home stretch.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• The new edition should give a second wind to a project that peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Independent Albums chart.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2022
• Don finds his second wind by singing and dancing, while Jack struggles to adjust.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• But upon getting the third out, Garza promptly found her second wind.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2020
• Of course, sometimes the best way to get a creative second wind may indeed be to switch jobs, or even pursue a new career.
  — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 7 May 2021
• The first pours from political orators; the second winds around friends at a bar.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 26 July 2019
• Thanks to social media, iPhone features that have been around for ages can sometimes get a second wind and go viral.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 1 July 2022
• Astronomers used a telescope in the Canary Islands to watch a dying star, dubbed HuBi 1, get a brief second wind.
  — Michelle Hampson, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2018
• Let’s raise a glass to the hope that such retro views have changed — and also to this heroic comic novel that’s not only still alive but getting a second wind.
  — Susan Coll, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
• But Slinky is getting a second wind, one that send riders through a series of hoops and then back through back-to-back-to-back humpback maneuvers.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 June 2018
• Nadal found a second wind after appearing dead and buried after two sets.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
• Then, at the end of February—after four months of unprecedented dimming—the star got a second wind.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2020
• Then after coming out of halftime trailing by 11, the Spartans scored the first four points of the second half and appeared to be catching their second wind.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2021
• Will the omicron variant of Covid-19 give the exercise company’s shares a second wind?
  — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 29 Nov. 2021
• But the Pennsylvania native is just getting her second wind.
  — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 7 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024