How to Use one-two in a Sentence

one-two

noun

• So this year, grass and trees have formed a one-two punch in the May weather.
  — Jack Nimesheim, The Enquirer, 31 May 2023
• Stephan and Clase are Francona’s one-two punch in the eighth and ninth innings.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 July 2023
• The savvy one-two averted a critical loss near the goal line.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
• Because that would be the ideal one-two punch for Schoen, Daboll and the Giants to pair with Stafford.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2025
• Eli Lilly shares soared Tuesday on a one-two punch of good news.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2024
• Battie and Hunter could become a solid one-two punch for the Tigers.
  — al, 15 Feb. 2023
• The Dons and Montgomery will be seeded one-two in some order.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
• The one-two punch was thrown an hour later via an email from Mayor Karen Bass.
  — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
• Traffic lights along the Zulu route gave a one-two punch to some of the upper-deck riders.
  — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
• For one Anna Maria Island landmark, the one-two punch of these storms was too much.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
• There’s a one-two step to success in those frames — fastball, slider.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
• Instead of being the label’s one-two punch post Biggie’s death, the duo were at odds akin to Shaq and a young Kobe Bryant.
  — Jayson Rodriguez, Variety, 18 Nov. 2024
• The one-two punch of climate-friendly and delicious grows on trees.
  — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• Two winter storms will bring snow, freezing rain and arctic cold in a one-two punch to parts of the United States this week.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
• That poignant one-two punch was all part of director Michael Morris' plan.
  — EW.com, 13 Feb. 2025
• So far, the answer seems to be that both natural disasters played a role, in a kind of one-two punch.
  — WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
• The one-two punch has left a co-owner worried that her business will collapse.
  — Megan Myers, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2023
• But the forward is still key to the Bulls offense, providing balance to the one-two punch alongside LaVine.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• Many of them faced the one-two punch of the Great Financial Crisis and the soaring home prices the remote work boom of the pandemic brough on.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024
• In the end, Usyk struck a one-two jab just before the final bell, bringing him to victory, per Sky Sports.
  — Escher Walcott, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
• Those who want to buy their first homes have faced the one-two punch of rising home prices and stubbornly high mortgage rates.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
• The EcoBoost also chirps its tires on the one-two upshift, which is a fun little flourish.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• Dry skin types can layer a hydrating face serum on top for a one-two punch of moisture.
  — Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 26 June 2024
• Jackson and running back Derrick Henry have been a lethal one-two punch in the backfield.
  — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2024
• Crespi is off to a 7-0 start and showing a great one-two pitching duo in Jackson Eisenhauer and Tyler Walton.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
• Moreover, the Brewers have arguably one of the best one-two punches in baseball with Burnes and Brandon Woodruff.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Koufax, feet together, now to his windup and the one-two pitch: fastball outside, ball two.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• And then came the one-two punch of the pandemic and the devastating earthquake in February of this year.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2023
• City got their press wrong from kick-off at the start of the second half, and a simple one-two was enough for Pedro Goncalves to get in behind their midfield.
  — Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
• The middle chapters present an amazing one-two punch of how varied the series’ approach is, even while dealing with this case and this way of filming it.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2025