After years of striving for first place, he finally came to terms with the secondness that followed his narrow defeat.

He bragged about getting sloppy seconds at the party, which made everyone uncomfortable.

The tiny shift measured in parallax seconds allowed astronomers to calculate the star's distance with surprising precision.

The research team reported their timing data in beard-seconds to emphasize how minuscule the intervals were.

The outcome of the race was decided by split seconds, with every millisecond pushing the winner ahead.

He hesitated for several hot seconds before stepping onto the stage.

At the emergency meeting, the seconds-in-command argued about evacuation routes before the captain made a decision.

The ship's seconds in command coordinated the evacuation while the captain was incapacitated.

The signal had to travel several light seconds before the probe received the command.

The technician recorded 5000 lumen-seconds for the exposure test to ensure sufficient illumination.