Sentence examples for seconds to recognize from inspiring English sources

(It takes at least five seconds to recognize and delete an e-mail.

It took me a few seconds to recognize what it was.

Apparently, blushing takes between fifteen and twenty seconds to reach its peak, yet most people need less than five seconds to recognize that someone is embarrassed — they pick it up from the almost immediate shift in gaze, usually down and to the left, or from the sheepish, self-conscious grin that follows a half second to a second later.

For instance, according to this model, if I find myself in a restaurant where I am meeting a coworker typically dressed in a suit and he arrives in jogging pants and a t-shirt, it may take me a few extra seconds to recognize him.

It takes me a second to recognize him.

Pasteur was the first to recognize variability in virulence.

Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions.

But I think the people are the first to recognize that these are extraordinary times.

Koenig was among the first to recognize the sweeping possibilities offered by new technology.

Mr. Glimcher is not the first to recognize the growing importance of the Asian art market.

"The government of Bush was the first to recognize the coup," he noted ruefully.