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.
• Caught my second wind, caught my third wind.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Nov. 2025
• But Díaz caught a second wind and bailed out the bullpen in the ninth.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 13 May 2023
• Even just hitting for an hour clears my head and gives me a second wind.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
• 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 human shape moaned again, and that was enough to give Bo his second wind.
  — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 8 July 2018
• Sure, the party may grind on for a bit, but there’s no use in holding out for a second wind.
  — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
• Wembanyama caught a second wind and played his best in the fourth quarter.
  — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2025
• 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
• Or did some of these second-tier acting contenders truly get a second wind?
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2025
• Nadal found a second wind after appearing dead and buried after two sets.
  — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
• But upon getting the third out, Garza promptly found her second wind.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2020
• Don finds his second wind by singing and dancing, while Jack struggles to adjust.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• 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
• But the Huskies got a second wind and rallied to win 24-20.
  — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• Michelle Monaghan is making midlife look less like a slowdown and more like a second wind.
  — Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 2 July 2026
• The first pours from political orators; the second winds around friends at a bar.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 26 July 2019
• McElwain’s Gators did discover a second wind just in the nick of time.
  — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• Reigns went for the Spear, but Fatu collided with Reigns and gained a second wind.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
• 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 timing may also be right in giving this already long expansion a second wind.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2017
• The cases faced a number of setbacks, but this month several have been given a second wind.
  — Ella Lee, The Hill, 21 Nov. 2025
• Ajani said she’s long been adept at finding her second wind after hitting the wall common in trauma nursing.
  — Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Perhaps Blade & Soul Neo is the second wind the game needs to hit mainstream success.
  — Gabriel Zamora, PCMAG, 11 Feb. 2025
• Todd Haynes’ long-gestating gay love story De Noche has found its second wind.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Feb. 2026
• That might help give a second wind to digital payments stocks whose shares have struggled at times in the postpandemic era.
  — Telis Demos, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2023
• 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