Sentence examples for during the countdown from inspiring English sources

Previously, during the countdown, time slowed to a surreal crawl, but now it seems to be racing forward, to the moment of Oppenheimer's death.

On New Year's Eve, while others were partying, Mr. Ng was otherwise occupied, as a later diary entry showed: "I embraced the dusted classic during the countdown.

Before Natalie Maines dared to mock the president during the countdown to war with Iraq, the Dixie Chicks were the voice of good-time, down-home female feistiness.

"As the sea breeze forms, we're going to see some showers and possibly even a thunderstorm develop during the countdown," Ms. Winters said at a news conference.

Filled with both signature and seasonal chocolates to please every palate, it's a great way of building up excitement during the countdown to Christmas.

Gunshots erupted in a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street Saturday night during the countdown to Mardi Gras, wounding four people and sending bystanders running and screaming.

For Israel, which was struck by 39 Iraqi Scud missiles during the Persian Gulf war, the countdown to a possible new one poses two fundamental challenges -- to prepare for a new Iraqi attack, and to decide whether to retaliate.

Because of a cut-out in the countdown, during which I scrambled to find a signal to catch it again on my phone, we were surprised by a cheer — I wasn't even looking in the right direction at the moment of ignition.

The debate taking place between Russia and the West over the flow of weapons to Syria indicates that they are still far from an agreement at the moment -- at least during the phase of the countdown to the G20 summit in a few days.

They germinated during the febrile countdown to the EU referendum.

As screenwriters were quick to argue when I visited LA during the final countdown, the dispute comes at a propitious time.