Sentence examples for a seconds he from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a seconds he" is not correct in written English.
It appears to be a grammatical error, possibly intended to convey a different meaning.
Example: "He took a second to think before responding."
Alternatives: "a moment he" or "a second he" (if intended to mean "a second of time").

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In a race in which records are usually lowered by hundredths of a seconds, he shaved more than three-tenths of a second from the previous standard of 48.18.

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"Wait a second," he joked.

For a second he thought about it.

"That was a first," he said.

At a fourth, he called for time.

After a second, he relents.

"It is a first," he added.

And for a third, he became president of Dartmouth College.

He would add a fourth, he said — secularism.

"This was a first," he added.

For a second, he looks his age.

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