How to Use beat the clock in a Sentence

beat the clock

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• People were jostling to beat the clock, to be the first to speak with someone.
  — Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2021
• Many investors managed to beat the clock and the tech issues.
  — Veronica Dagher, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
• Can this Alabama school beat the clock and help more students read?
  — al, 10 Nov. 2021
• Not surprisingly, the final group wasn’t in much of a rush to beat the clock.
  — Scott Bell, Dallas News, 16 May 2021
• Start with a 30-second warmup, then try to beat the clock by finishing all those reps. Perform each movement for 10 reps, then 9, then 8, all the way down to 1 rep, alternating between exercises.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 8 June 2023
• After a review, the refs ruled there was no interference and the goal beat the clock.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2025
• The Wild got a power play with less than two minutes remaining and beat the clock to take a three-goal lead.
  — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2025
• Bill Self can relate, after seeing Darling beat the clock.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• Participants work to beat the clock, skip ahead, level up, spin the spinner and play to win while celebrating games of all kinds.
  — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2023
• For this summery supper, grill steak, corn, and peppers simultaneously to beat the clock.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2023
• One ref broke out a stopwatch and, yes, Taurasi beat the clock, and, no, there wouldn't be much time for the Lynx to throw in a shot after a timeout.
  — Star Tribune, 15 May 2021
• Oregon health officials are trying to beat the clock getting more shots into millions of arms ahead of another wildfire season.
  — Tim Gruver, Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2021
• James stole an inbounds pass and, after being double-teamed, found Caruso, who took a long two-pointer to beat the clock and potentially send the game into overtime.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2021
• Kane beat the clock with 21 seconds left in the first period, scoring on a breakaway off Vinnie Hinostroza’s centering pass.
  — Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2021
• And that was only after a frantic scramble to get the snap off for Harrison Butker’s 59-yard kick to beat the clock going into the locker room.
  — Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
• And while spring training games haven't felt like March Madness with pitchers trying to beat the clock with last-minute buzzer beaters, the clocks ticking down over their shoulders are a clear indication of a new era.
  — USA Today, 28 Mar. 2023
• The agency is spending 30 days asking companies for bids, and then sales need another 30 days to take effect — just enough time to beat the clock before the inauguration.
  — Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica, 25 Nov. 2020
• Here, acts of mass killing are kept at a strict visual remove, and our attention is focussed on a group of hardworking professionals, desperate to beat the clock and mitigate an impossible situation.
  — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
• After Murray assisted a Watson 3-pointer with seven seconds left, LeBron James tried sprinting coast-to-coast to beat the clock.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2026
• After a furious rush to beat the clock in 2022, NHL general managers are acting early and often to jockey for the top players available or stockpile future assets in advance of the trade deadline this year.
  — Stephen Whyno, ajc, 2 Mar. 2023