How to Use pacer in a Sentence

pacer

noun
  • Her husband and pacer for the day, Travis, knocked on the door.
    — Johanna Gretschel, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2019
  • His Pacers lost in seven games to Toronto in the first round of the playoffs.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 1 July 2017
  • Keep in mind that the pacer and timer do not work if the app is not being used in real time.
    — Leslie Hsu Oh, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The brush has three modes: clean, white, and gum health that correspond with the two-minute smart timer and pacer.
    — Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2020
  • With the help of her pacer, Lee’s group found an available lodge in a village a few hours away.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2019
  • Nobody knows, starting with the one guy Pacers fans wish did know: Kevin Pritchard.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 7 July 2017
  • The sweet spot turned out to be having two pacers, one in front and one behind Kipyegon for the entire race.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Reigning top female, Huntsville’s Alana Scarano, will be on the course, but as a pacer.
    — Daniel Boyette, al, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The Pacers, according to a league source, are not optimistic that Mitchell will be available at the 18th pick.
    — Nate Taylor, Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2017
  • Engels, who served as a pacer for the race, put up prizes for any runners who broke the four-minute mile for the first time as well as for those with mustaches.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2021
  • And before Martin, only one high school athlete did it without the help of a pacer.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 17 May 2022
  • In fact, Hazen prefers to run without a pacer and did so at Western, a formula that clearly works for him.
    — Amanda Loudin, Outside Online, 9 July 2019
  • Both Brown and Mitchell say being a pacer is rewarding.
    — Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2021
  • The most interesting one here, to my mind, is the parallel between the use of human pacers and the use of pacing lights.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 31 July 2024
  • Regardless of how well Indiana plays, Denver has too many weapons and will control the pacer of this one, back the Nuggets.
    — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The Pacers will use the stretch provision, which lessens the salary cap hit, on Ellis' remaining $11.2 million over the next five seasons.
    — Sam Amick, USA TODAY, 5 July 2017
  • Where the new findings differ substantially is in the positions of the pacers out front.
    — Popular Science, 24 Aug. 2023
  • My running pacer and friend Lino literally counted out the miles for me.
    — Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The only undefeated horse racing is Elver Hanover, a two-year-old male pacer.
    — Bob Roberts, cleveland.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Abby is a pacer, with both legs on each side moving parallel.
    — Alex Kormann, Star Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Our pacer witnessed some of our lowest points of tears, pain and discouragement.
    — Danielle Snyder, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The Falmouth Road Race will also include an elite mile race, with a field which includes eight elite male athletes, eight elite female athletes, and one pacer.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Running in a pace line, with one pacer directly in front and the other directly behind, would have saved 2.6 minutes.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard came out swinging when asked about his star and the trade rumors circling him.
    — Adi Joseph, For The Win, 23 June 2017
  • Acting like a pacer, the treadmill helps her maintain rhythm and stay focused during solo sessions.
    — Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2021
  • With the race underway, Linden settled in along side her pacer, Charlie Lawson.
    — Luke Webster, Outside Online, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The bad news for Dibaba is that since the elimination of pacers, Kiplagat is undefeated in Chicago.
    — Chris Chavez, SI.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Laz also frowns on the use of pacers, earbuds, and conventional running advice.
    — George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
  • Runners are allowed to use pacers during the second half of the race, and during the final few miles Dalton was pacing Trammell and Arneson was giving him splits.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Brüush Electric Toothbrush This brush, with sonic technology, comes in a rainbow of shades and offers six cleaning modes, a two-minute timer with pacer and a lengthy battery life.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2021

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