Examples of timer in a Sentence
He was the official timer for the race.
She set the timer on the oven for one hour.
The timer is set to go off in 15 minutes.
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Once the timer has elapsed, use a clean, microfiber cloth to wipe off the solution.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 June 2025
The timer on a rice cooker is great for those who don’t have much time to cook after work.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
There’s also a timer mode that automatically shuts it off after one, three, or six hours.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 23 May 2025
The stuff of them, fragments of timers and pages of logbooks, aren’t intended to uncover new information or unravel conspiracies.
—Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 5 June 2025
The timer on a rice cooker is great for those who don’t have much time to cook after work.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 2 June 2025
There’s also a timer mode that automatically shuts it off after one, three, or six hours.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 23 May 2025
The stuff of them, fragments of timers and pages of logbooks, aren’t intended to uncover new information or unravel conspiracies.
—Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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“Timer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timer. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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timer
noun
tim·er
ˈtī-mər 
1
a
2
: a clocklike device that turns something on or off at a set time or gives a signal at the end of a period of time
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