Sentence examples for a second someone was from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a second someone was" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be used in informal contexts, but it lacks clarity and completeness.
Example: "A second someone was about to speak, the phone rang."
Alternatives: "the moment someone was" or "as soon as someone was".

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Three times a second, someone was brought to fury by what they saw happening in front of them, and all that thought and frustration expressed itself as a mute red circle, identical to all the ones that came before it and all the ones that would come afterwards, vanishing in a second.

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If I back off even for a second, someone is going to come along with something better.

"When me and Paul come off, you have to help, so for a split second, someone is shifted.

Second, someone is always getting fucked.

Within seconds, someone is back, dripping on me.

Every 24 seconds, someone is diagnosed with cancer.

Every 18 seconds, someone is diagnosed with diabetes.

The United Nations Refugee Agency reports, "Every 4 seconds someone is forced to flee".

About 40 minutes into the movies, I realized that there hadn't been a second where someone wasn't driving.

But in the age of everyone-is-a-publisher it takes just a second after someone is walked out the door for them to post about it on Twitter or their blog, and it spreads from there.

"I thought at first that someone was having a laugh".

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