How to Use from start to finish in a Sentence

from start to finish

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  • The Bruins led most of the way and controlled the game from start to finish.
    Jill Painter Lopez, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Each car took about 17 days to build from start to finish.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Our first piece of advice: Read the recipe from start to finish.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2024
  • There’s no team out there that has their full team from start to finish.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 25 July 2023
  • In the Big 12, Drew said the Bears need to be firing on all cylinders from start to finish.
    Michael Haag, Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The play was cast, rehearsed, and produced in three weeks from start to finish.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Lots of great and catchy hooks – a really fun ride from start to finish.
    Ron Hart, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2023
  • In the video, Rosé belts along to the ten-minute track from start to finish, nailing every single lyric.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The tour that extends to 2024 makes a two-day stop in Los Angeles with a show to rock from start to finish.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The Frogs led from start to finish and secured their ninth Big 12 Conference play win of the season.
    Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Throughout the clip, Miranda shares the process of making one of the chocolatey desserts from start to finish.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The Bengals absolutely owned the Bills from start to finish in their house.
    Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Typically, the parade will run about five to six hours from start to finish, with a start time of 11 a.m. 2.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • How long did the recipe take you from start to finish? Substitutions.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • What Barbie is, however, from start to finish, is a clever and well thought out satire.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
  • Review the travel process in detail, from start to finish.
    Diane Adreon, Ed.d. and Meaghan Parlade, Ph.d., Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Each of the 5,300 bagels made weekly involve a days-long process from start to finish and sell out within a few hours of opening.
    The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
  • Film production took about three months from start to finish.
    Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Advertisement Grossmont won the trenches on both sides of the ball and controlled the game from start to finish.
    Richard J. Marcus, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • What to pack One of the best parts about traveling on the Rocky Mountaineer is that luggage is handled from start to finish.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The game was tense from start to finish, with neither team ever leading by more than seven points at a time.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2024
  • In an overwhelming show of force, the Grizzlies outpaced and outmuscled the Nanooks from start to finish to win 64-33.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Allure: How long does your entire skin-care routine take from start to finish?
    Allure, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The latest movie is the longest Wick yet, totaling nearly three hours from start to finish.
    Marianne Garvey, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The show is just 80 minutes from start to finish — there’s no intermission.
    Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
  • Middlebury led from start to finish, as Shue scored less than a minute into the action, and the Panthers built leads of 7-1 and 8-3 in the early going.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
  • In terms of textiles, the term organic refers to how the material is grown and treated from start to finish.
    Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2023
  • The lead left banker functions as a trusted advisor to the company, walking side-by-side with them from start to finish of the IPO, Antweil said.
    Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • While Patterson and the South offense got going, the defense was solid from start to finish.
    Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2023
  • Phoenix is given a greyish complexion and seems almost out of breath from start to finish.
    Zenger News, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023

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