Sentence examples for for double take from inspiring English sources
Their friendship was private, at least until late February, when Mr. Springsteen staged two benefit concerts at a small theater, raising nearly $1 million for DoubleTake, a nonprofit magazine that resembles The New Yorker but with oversize photographs.
James Rocchi, writing for Cinematical, chose to highlight Bård Owe's performance, and his "warm demeanor" and meticulous "capacity for double-takes".
She ruled for 21 years, mostly alone, which is to say that she was essentially a female king, an incongruity that elicits the kind of double take once reserved for men in drag.
That would be a call for another double take.
On this afternoon, there is good reason for a double take.
A young man wearing a toga and toting a shield peeks out, shuts the door, then instantly opens it again for a double take, having recognized one of the school's more famous alums.
When he turned around for a double take, she was gone.
· Alison Jackson, artist and photographer, won a Bafta award for her series 'Double Take', and is now working for NBC's Saturday Night Live.
Mr. Stephanopoulos then noted that "even Carly Fiorina, who you were campaigning for, did a double take when you talked about that".
A visitor arriving at the Hilton Garden Inn or Homewood Suites Midtown Atlanta might be forgiven for doing a double take about the destination.
