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Example sentences for "timing"

Lexicographically close words:
timeworn; timey; timid; timidity; timidly; timmer; timo; timocracy; timore; timorous
  1. All I could do was sit there, horrified, and she was happy to discuss the timing of my pal's suicide.

  2. The timing was bad, but there's no indication that they arranged for the shooter.

  3. I'd picked the timing of my raid carefully: by arriving at high noon, I was sticking to my traditional pattern for watching hot-weather crowd dynamics.

  4. The Memory Address Register, the Memory Buffer Register, and the Memory Timing Controls are considered to be part of the Central Processor.

  5. Machine timing is performed by a delay line chain.

  6. Every one knows the difficulty of making a good half-volley-hit off a slow ball, because the timing is so difficult: great speed without a curve is less puzzling to the eye than a curvilinear movement, however slow.

  7. The whole secret consists partly in timing your hit well, and partly in taking the ball at the right part of the rise, so as to play the ball down without wasting its force against the ground.

  8. Besides trying every variety of length, vary your pace to deceive the batsman in timing his play; and practise the same action so as not to betray the change of pace.

  9. As to timing the ball, all the eye can discern in a body moving directly towards it, is the angle with the ground: to see the curve of a dropping ball you must have a side view.

  10. It also fitted in with the county government's stated purpose to shape the character, direction and timing of community development through the preservation of open space land.

  11. In a mass of flowers, in a shade of garlands hanging from a low mast, its arms and shrouds wreathed with roses, the singers sat timing their song with their oars.

  12. Abdoullah was a jerk, but he had been right about that: it was the obvious location to install the detonators and set the timing mechanisms.

  13. He also knew that after auto mode, there would be no altering the orbital abort and the timing of the detonation.

  14. Timing was very important, and certainly Al Harkness was never going to show himself at the three sycamores if he saw Loring Blade anywhere near them.

  15. There'd have to be some nice timing when the collie returned.

  16. He had once claimed in a Forbes interview, that the monastery was where he honed his nerves of steel and internalized the timing of a master swordsman.

  17. The timing had been a split- second salvation.

  18. In the original assault, zero, or the time for the assault to begin, may be fixed for the moment at which our barrage lifts from the enemy front trench, the infantry timing their advance so as to be close under our barrage before it lifts.

  19. Jumping and double-timing exercises and contests should not be included in the first week's work.

  20. Double timing and halting from the double.

  21. The igniting valve is usually termed the timing valve, because it determines the time of the explosion.

  22. When, in relation to the timing of the shots, which you have described, did you first look toward the Texas School Book Depository Building?

  23. Well, did these four shots come close together or how would you describe the timing in general on those?

  24. As he closed in on the crate, he knew his timing had been correct.

  25. Timing it, he waited for the box to complete another revolution.

  26. The United States is not now capable and--under the spirit of the Constitution, can never be capable--of surprising an enemy by the timing of aggression.

  27. Timing of repetitions (4) Reasons, if any are evident, for peculiarities of timing c.

  28. The commander possesses absolute command and responsibility for the movement, protection, and operations timing of the team which happens to be attached to his unit.

  29. He can coordinate the timing of propaganda with military, economic or political situations.

  30. After only a few thousand miles were obtained by the Lamont Observatory expeditions it became obvious that a new recorder incorporating precision timing and large recorder presentation was necessary for an adequate knowledge of topography.

  31. Deep-sea echo soundings were obtained by listening on earphones for the returning echo and timing the interval by eye with a suitable clock.

  32. To learn the distribution and relative importance of seabird colonies, the number of pairs nesting and nonbreeding individuals at each colony, and the timing of breeding activities for each geographical region.

  33. This factor, in combination with timing of arrival, affects the amount of time spent in prenesting activities (Fig.

  34. Timing of the Season Each species of seabird returns to the colony site when weather conditions have ameliorated sufficiently to meet its particular needs.

  35. The timing of the season (as illustrated in Fig.

  36. Even so, the details of timing are known for only a few of the species and localities on the northwest North American coast (e.

  37. Variation in timing of events in the reproductive cycle of Barents Sea seabirds nesting on the same island.

  38. Timing of annual molt in the glaucous gulls of northern Alaska.

  39. The following discussion emphasizes the multitude of environmental factors known to influence timing and total length of time devoted to various aspects of the reproductive cycle.

  40. The timing of breeding among larids and alcids is related to the seasonal changes in the surface waters inhabited by Ammodytidae and Clupeidae in the North Sea (Pearson 1968).

  41. Because such complete data are not available, the following account dwells largely on variation in timing and total time devoted to activities beyond basic maintenance.

  42. Lastly, age and sex of seabirds are known to affect the timing of egg laying (e.

  43. H and I Batteries, having obtained the desired information from their observers as to the range and timing of their twelve shells, waited patiently until half past two o'clock.

  44. The observation from the front line was chiefly valuable as a guide to the timing of the shrapnel that was to be used to scatter the hundreds of bullets over the open spaces.

  45. Safe beyond at last, I started collecting German timing fuses, which lay thick on the surface of the muddy field.

  46. Bennen has loosened the ice which held the ribs in bondage, and now, like mariners heaving an anchor, we all join in a tug, timing our efforts by an appropriate exclamation.

  47. By carefully timing its recurrence, he concluded rotation on an axis in a period of 24 hours 4 minutes.

  48. She could not help timing its creaks, and putting on a dread expectancy just before the end of each half-minute that brought them.

  49. There's something awful in the timing o' that sound, ain't there, miss?

  50. He occasionally looked at his watch as he drove along the lanes, timing the pace of his horse by the hour, that he might reach Carriford Road Station just soon enough to meet the last London train.

  51. The accurate timing of the "Sats" is naturally most important.

  52. The more slowly you make the movement, the sooner you will have to begin it, and the more difficulty you will have in timing it accurately, but at first if you try to make it quickly you will probably not do it correctly.

  53. Simpson in the Hut at the Other End of the Telephone Timing the Observation 247 'Birdie' (Lieut.

  54. The magnetometer Horizontal force measured in two directions--vertical force in one--timing arrangement.


  55. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "timing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ability; accommodation; accord; accordance; adaptation; address; adjustment; affinity; artfulness; artistry; assent; assimilation; beat; bravura; brilliance; capability; capacity; chorus; cleverness; coherence; coincidence; command; compatibility; competence; concert; concord; concordance; conformation; conformity; congeniality; congruence; congruity; consistency; consonance; consort; control; cooperation; coordination; correspondence; craft; craftsmanship; cunning; deftness; dexterity; diplomacy; efficiency; equivalence; expertise; facility; finesse; grace; grip; harmonization; harmony; horsemanship; ingenuity; integration; intersection; largo; marksmanship; mastership; mastery; oneness; overlap; parallelism; peace; presto; proficiency; prowess; quickness; rag; ragtime; rapport; readiness; reconciliation; regulation; resource; rhythm; savvy; seamanship; squaring; style; symmetry; synchronism; syncopation; syncope; tact; tally; technique; tempo; timekeeping; timing; triplet; uniformity; union; unison; virtuosity; wit; wizardry; workmanship