How to Use "Second" with Example Sentences

second (noun): a short moment in time; one unit of sixty in a full minute

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Used with adjectives:

"I saw him for a brief second, then he disappeared."
(brief, split)

"It just takes a single second for everything to change."
(single)

Used with verbs:

"It will only take a second."
(take, last, be)

"Do you have a second to chat?"
(have)

"Please wait a second."
(wait, hang on, hold on, stop for)

Used with prepositions:

"Just think about it for a second."
(for)

"I'll be there in a second."
(in)

"The police arrived within seconds."
(within, in)

Used with nouns:

"I like watching the second hand on a clock."
(hand)