How to Use timer in a Sentence
timer
noun- She set the timer on the oven for one hour.
- He was the official timer for the race.
- The timer is set to go off in 15 minutes.
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Set the timer and guess the price for each item on the list.
—Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 16 Sep. 2022
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Get out the jump ropes and set the timer to see who can jump the most.
—Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2021
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The brand notes that the battery will drain in timer mode.
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2023
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Once the timer sounds, turn the heat off, but leave the pan covered.
—Outside Online, 21 Oct. 2022
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Flighty: Track your flight with a progress bar and a timer from the Lock Screen.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 14 Sep. 2022
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When the timer goes off, pinchy pinching will stop the timer.
—Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
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Tap on the hourglass icon next to the name of an app to set a timer.
—Rachael Zisk, Popular Science, 11 Oct. 2020
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Now set the timer on your phone or on the stove to 5 minutes.
—Christopher Michel, Country Living, 25 Nov. 2020
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My kids were thrilled with the process—so odd, to set a timer, to not peek.
—Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 5 Dec. 2019
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The clock starts with the release of the first pitch, and the round ends when the timer strikes zero.
—USA TODAY, 18 July 2022
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On his decks, the timer was always counting down to the end of a track.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
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On a 5 on 3, Hofer blasts a one-timer from just below the right dot.
—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
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Tap the timer at any point to pause solving and view the cover.
—Paolo Pasco, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
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Reminders and timers are where the small stuff is a big deal.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2020
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Rice to put in the cooker with the timer set for breakfast.
—Tom Hanks, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2021
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Here was the tourist strip just about every first-timer to the city comes to see.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2020
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Cover the pot and turn the heat to low, then set a timer for 4 minutes.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2023
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Set the programmable timer and let the slow cooker do the rest of the work.
—Kellie Speed, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2021
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Most of the dicussion had to do with the pitch clock or pitch timer.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
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Just as the timer runs out, the windows on the house shatter and the oven door clangs open.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2024
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The bomb worked on a timer and was hidden in a suitcase.
—Peter Bergen, CNN, 12 Dec. 2022
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That’s as many as the rest of the series’ full-timers combined.
—Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 July 2019
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The artists don’t know the theme of their work until right before the timer starts.
—Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
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As for first timers to the area who are still earning their stripes?
—Heather Balogh Rochfort, The Know, 13 June 2019
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Just set the timer and drift off as dreams of sugarplums dance in your head.
—Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 1 Dec. 2020
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Countdown timer Your multicooker should include a display that counts down the time left until your food is ready.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
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The machine also has timer settings and color-changing LED lights that shoppers say creates a soothing environment at night.
—Staff Author, People.com, 14 July 2025
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