Sentence examples for seconds not from inspiring English sources

It is about 3 minutes 20 seconds, not 7 minutes.

The company produces one CD every 3 seconds, not 30.

(Their lengths are measured in seconds, not minutes, and each has a droll title).

He usually talks for about 15 seconds, not enough time for a Rockne-esque speech.

Barber ran about 90 yards in 17 seconds, not world-class speed.

Normally, swimming records are lowered by hundredths of seconds, not chunks of seconds.

He sat down for a few seconds, not long after sunrise, and read the Bible.

It was 2 hours 20 minutes 5 seconds -- not 2 hours 14 minutes 38 seconds.

Oracle led around the final mark by 29 seconds -- not enough time to safely execute a penalty turn.

Entering the Olympics, Kenteris's personal best was 20.25 seconds -- not even good enough to put him in the top 20 in the world.

Accor said the dance lasted only eight seconds - not the three minutes alleged in the article.