How to Use every second in a Sentence

every second

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  • Who thinks about you — every second of the day.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • On a full flight, every second counts.
    Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 25 Nov. 2025
  • But that doesn’t mean Paul didn’t love every second of it.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
  • If pets had their way, owners would spend every second of their day with them.
    Andie Kanaras, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Tens of trillions pass through your body every second.
    IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Women are raped and abused by men every second, minute, hour, day, life.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Berkett plans to relish every second of it.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Don't even look at the score just feel this urgency every second.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Time is of the essence in last-mile delivery, so every second counts.
    Steven Dudash, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • In the case of a severe car injury, every second counts.
    Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
  • This group meets every second Friday of the month.
    Sarah Z. Sleeper, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • That’s what it’s supposed to sound like, and these guys are loving every second.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 26 May 2025
  • Shohei Ohtani recorded two hits and scored twice while the crowd loved every second of it.
    Zach Pressnell, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • With every second-half score, Seguin had an answer.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
  • After all, the guy at the top was putting down the very idea of the media with every second breath.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Every minute, every second, has to be spent with one’s device clutched in one’s hand.
    Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
  • So the fans want to make every second count at this three-hour-plus show with a 44-song set list.
    Kevin Uhrmacher, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In basketball, the clock still ticks down every second.
    Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
  • This structure helps reduce stress when every second counts.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • What this means is some young neutron stars can spin as fast as 700 times every second.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 18 July 2025
  • The idea that neutrinos were flying through me every second blew my mind.
    Adam Frank, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That put a charge into the building, and his teammates on the bench loved every second of it.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And Shayan was right there with the camera to capture every second.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • And mature musicians don’t have to get in their licks every second.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2025
  • This might be her last season, and she will be motivated to make every second on the field count.
    Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Hundreds of gallons of water pour from an opening in the rock every second.
    Greg Allen, NPR, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Either way, Bucks fans have earned the right to savor every second of this meltdown.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The officers had to race against the clock, knowing every second the boy spent in the frigid water was risky.
    Joe Brandt, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • In the wake of a coastal hurricane or a canyon-jumping wildfire, every second counts.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
  • And when every second counts, having that care already in place makes all the difference.
    Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026

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