Sentence examples for for only a second from inspiring English sources

Mr. Procida smiled, too, albeit for only a second.

I'm visible for only a second and then I'm gone.

He said he paused for only a second before accepting.

We glimpse the screen, and Martha's irritated response to it, for only a second.

One night, waking in terror, he realizes, for only a second, but absolutely, that there is no afterlife.

She said the pause was several seconds, but as she tapped out her recollection of the shots, she paused for only a second or less between volleys.

According to Nielsen's estimates, those ratings for CBS were good enough for only a second-place finish, behind Fox, in total viewers and adults 18 to 49. "American Idol," which delivered an estimated 28.29 million viewers, fueled Fox's victory.

Still, collisions with ships account for only a third of the deaths of right whales.

Government budgets are expected to provide the capital for only a fifth of the development programme.

But now two-parent nuclear families account for only a fifth of all households.

Until 1996, Seattle accounted for the majority of Boeing's work force, but now counts for only a third.