How to Use within minutes in a Sentence

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• The first tanker, the Lucky Sailor, arrived within minutes.
  — Karam Shoumali, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• The food is served within minutes once the customer delivers the order to the pair of cooks at the counter.
  — John Yoon, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• The fire brigade were called, and arrived within minutes.
  — Claudio Lavanga, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2023
• At least four fire engines rushed to the scene within minutes, and San Diego Police cleared the space.
  — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 27 July 2024
• The social and graphics teams will have that for him within minutes.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
• The chaos took the city completely off guard, as the crowd size swelled into the thousands within minutes.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
• With a few more pumps, the stain was completely gone within minutes.
  — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
• The men handed over the grease gun, and within minutes Belle was purring quietly again.
  — Katherine Rosman Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• The sidewalks cleared within minutes, replaced by the steady hum and growl of traffic on Sunset.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Mayor Adams also showed up at the scene within minutes, a police source with knowledge of the case said.
  — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024
• Flip on a porch light on a summer evening and, within minutes, bugs will begin to congregate near the bulb.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024
• Julien returned the call within minutes; a few weeks later, Chad agreed to consign the Fender.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
• The man helped to call 911, and emergency services showed up within minutes.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2023
• They are taken off your hands at the valet and delivered to your room within minutes to make your check-in process seamless.
  — Martie Bowser, Essence, 16 May 2024
• On a bad day, heat exhaustion can set in within minutes.
  — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024
• Thanks to the deployment of a drone, rescuers kept an eye on them the whole time and safely brought them aboard a rescue boat within minutes.
  — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Deputies arrived within minutes and the woman told them she'd been held captive for weeks and had just escaped.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 17 July 2023
• Police were on the scene within minutes, and eventually, those who left the area were not allowed back in.
  — Peter Cordi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 June 2024
• Reality check: Many of the surprise bags sell out within minutes, and the pick-up times are often at odd hours.
  — Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024
• And within minutes of his attacks, his acolytes respond.
  — Time, 15 Aug. 2023
• Suddenly, Japanese fighter jets scream out of the sky, and within minutes the ocean becomes a hell of steel, fire, oil and blood.
  — Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 Feb. 2024
• The city deleted the post within minutes and both the city and Mayor Quinton Lucas apologized.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
• The Leptospira bacteria can die within minutes in the dry heat and freezing cold, Quinn said.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2024
• The most coveted sites will be gone within minutes, maybe even seconds.
  — Laura Lancaster, Outdoor Life, 19 Oct. 2023
• So a crook with the right tools and know-how can, within minutes, cut the catalytic converter from the undercarriage of car.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2024
• Deputies arrived at the Delia Street home within minutes, according to the sheriff’s office.
  — oregonlive, 14 July 2023
• With Lemonade, your claims can be reimbursed within minutes rather than days or weeks.
  — Kat Tretina, wsj.com, 6 Dec. 2023
• Both were on the scene within minutes, but neither took effective command, the report finds.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
• The suit came within minutes of the board voting to invalidate the agreements the company made with the outgoing board.
  — Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
• Once the French Broad River, which flows through Asheville, and its subsidiaries overflowed, the water rushed into nearby neighborhoods within minutes.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024