Sentence examples for by almost a second from inspiring English sources

"Jules just had a great run; she's in first by almost a second," her husband, Thomas, said, using the nickname of Vonn's longtime rival and teammate Julia Mancuso.

Miley trailed England's Aimee Willmott by almost a second going into the final 100m of freestyle, but overtook her and finished in 4min 31.76sec, a new Games record.

He picked up time and finished with a combined time of 1 minute 34.60 seconds to beat Palander by almost a second.

That ride was full of mistakes but Yarnold won't care one jot as that last run was 58.09 giving her victory by almost a second – an absolutely massive margin in this sport.

The Olympic champions added a world record and Commonwealth gold to their collection as Cate and Bronte Campbell, Melanie Schlanger and Emma McKeon smashed the five-year-old mark by almost a second at the Tollcross pool.

Mr. Biedermann didn't just beat the American in the 200-meter freestyle, he annihilated him, finishing a body length ahead and lowering the world record, set by Mr. Phelps last year, by almost a second, an eternity in pool times.

The number of journeys on London's cycle-hire has fallen by almost a third compared to a year ago.

Its stock price has since fallen by almost a fifth.

Instead, I cut the position by almost a third.

Greece's economy has shrunk by almost a third.

Polio cases worldwide rose last year by almost a third.