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.
• The timer went off on her phone.
  — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
• This is not a job for a first timer.
  — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
• The self-timer is easy to use, too.
  — Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
• Some grow lights even have built-in timers.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2026
• Set a timer, dive in, and find out what you're made of.
  — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
• At the starting gate set a timer.
  — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
• Like many first-timers, I was hooked by the name.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
• Buy a couple of in-line, windup timers.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2025
• No timer, no workout plan, just… jump.
  — Danielle Zickl, Outside, 11 Jan. 2026
• Some are anonymous part-timers.
  — Chad Jennings, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Get out the jump ropes and set the timer to see who can jump the most.
  — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2021
• The event welcomes first-timers.
  — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
• About 3800 of them are first-timers.
  — CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
• When breaking down tasks, a timer can be your best friend.
  — Laura E. Knouse, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
• Reminders and timers are where the small stuff is a big deal.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 7 Jan. 2020
• When the timer goes off, pinchy pinching will stop the timer.
  — Nathan Edwards, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
• The tourney starts with two first-timers, which is quite fun.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 12 June 2026
• My kids were thrilled with the process—so odd, to set a timer, to not peek.
  — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 5 Dec. 2019
• As for first timers to the area who are still earning their stripes?
  — Heather Balogh Rochfort, The Know, 13 June 2019
• Use your sense of smell and touch as a timer for doggy bath time.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
• Set a timer, heat your pan, and let chemistry do its thing.
  — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2026
• Once the timer sounds, turn the heat off, but leave the pan covered.
  — Outside Online, 21 Oct. 2022
• There are about a half-dozen part-timers at the business, too.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
• Tap on the hourglass icon next to the name of an app to set a timer.
  — Rachael Zisk, Popular Science, 11 Oct. 2020
• When the gnocchi start to float, set a timer for 1 minute.
  — Kate Williams, AJC.com, 18 May 2026
• Just set the timer and drift off as dreams of sugarplums dance in your head.
  — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 1 Dec. 2020
• Now set the timer on your phone or on the stove to 5 minutes.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 25 Nov. 2020