Sentence examples for fifth of a second from inspiring English sources
(Actually, it would take about a fifth of a second).
If you buzz in before the lights go on, you're locked out for a fifth of a second.
It was only a fifth of a second off the track record set by Darby Creek Road in 1978.
A fifth of a second behind – a long, long way in sprinting – was Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago.
With Bailey aboard, he covered the five and a half furlongs in 1 023/5, a fifth of a second off the track record.
A row of straw-hatted timekeepers squeezed their stopwatches (accurate to within a fifth of a second) as he whisked by.
Three-tenths of a second remained on the clock.
I had people come and sit there and I said, 'It's an 18-hour exposure, not the fifth-of-a-second one.'" Since then, Hockney hasn't stopped and he continues to tinker with technology to produce new work.
Then the glove is ready to go into action, translating finger movements in about one-fifth of a second.
That was one-fifth of a second faster than Congaree, who was hand-ridden to the finish.
