How to Use one-two in a Sentence

one-two

noun

• So this year, grass and trees have formed a one-two punch in the May weather.
  — Jack Nimesheim, The Enquirer, 31 May 2023
• Stephan and Clase are Francona’s one-two punch in the eighth and ninth innings.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 July 2023
• Battie and Hunter could become a solid one-two punch for the Tigers.
  — al, 15 Feb. 2023
• The Dons and Montgomery will be seeded one-two in some order.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
• The one-two punch was thrown an hour later via an email from Mayor Karen Bass.
  — Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
• The one-two punch of climate-friendly and delicious grows on trees.
  — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• So far, the answer seems to be that both natural disasters played a role, in a kind of one-two punch.
  — WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
• The one-two punch has left a co-owner worried that her business will collapse.
  — Megan Myers, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2023
• But the forward is still key to the Bulls offense, providing balance to the one-two punch alongside LaVine.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• Many of them faced the one-two punch of the Great Financial Crisis and the soaring home prices the remote work boom of the pandemic brough on.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024
• The EcoBoost also chirps its tires on the one-two upshift, which is a fun little flourish.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• Moreover, the Brewers have arguably one of the best one-two punches in baseball with Burnes and Brandon Woodruff.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Koufax, feet together, now to his windup and the one-two pitch: fastball outside, ball two.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• And then came the one-two punch of the pandemic and the devastating earthquake in February of this year.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2023
• The guilty pleas completed something of a one-two punch by the Justice Department.
  — Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
• Shallow and presumptuous is some kind of one-two punch.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
• The one-two punch of the Covid pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brought fragile supply chains to the breaking point.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 8 June 2023
• For a Reds’ team that’s working to build an identity around working tough at-bats, hustle and hard work, the one-two punch at the top of the Reds’ lineup is setting the tone.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 7 May 2023
• Getty Images Buyers have been facing the painful one-two punch of high mortgage rates and rising home prices all year.
  — Bysydney Lake, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
• In New York City, though, office developers are still reeling from a one-two punch.
  — Matthew Haag, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• The life-altering collisions had rolled in like one-two punches.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 3 June 2023
• Bathsheba successfully forces one woman to kill her child but meets her match in the one-two punch of Lili Taylor and Farmiga.
  — Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
• Huy Fong’s sauce offered a one-two punch, with the garlic flavor registering on our palates first, and the heat following on its heels.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• The one-two punch is delivered by a eye cream and a moisturizer, which combine to make her face luminous.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
• Another large and dense plume of smoke will be moving down across parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, delivering a one-two punch for some cities.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 6 June 2023
• Or make your own DIY mixture by melting down one-two tablespoons of coconut oil, three drops of lavender oil, and one cup of water.
  — Jenn Barthole, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2024
• Some of Florida's most popular beaches could be in for a one-two punch of trouble as thousands of spring breakers flock to the Sunshine State.
  — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2023
• The rookie and veteran Jonathan Hankins gives Dallas a nice one-two punch at the position.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
• But those unable to work, or unable to work full-time, faced a one-two punch of higher costs and lost benefits in 2022 — problems that have continued this year.
  — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• Think of it as a one-two punch: the protection system acts as a deterrent, and the alarm system alerts you if a determined thief tries to get past that initial defense.
  — Katherine Keeler, Car and Driver, 30 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024