How to Use twice in a Sentence

twice

adverb
  • The new one costs about twice as much.
  • I've been there at least twice.
  • He could earn twice his present salary at the new job.
  • He must be twice her age.
  • He has rehearsals twice a month.
  • I only wore it twice.
  • He twice lost to younger opponents.
  • The population is twice that of Canada.
  • We visited them twice in 10 years.
  • The dictionary has been twice updated since 1993.
  • Báez struck out twice in a pair of matchups with Javier.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Nutsedge is the light green grass that grows twice as fast as the turf grass.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2022
  • Still, the Tigers scored more than 80 points just twice in those nine games.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 4 Jan. 2023
  • And twice, in a tight game, such boldness led to a run.
    — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This is a 16-year-old in the Midwest who had been shot twice.
    — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • OCath scored twice in the fifth on three hits and one error.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 3 June 2022
  • At her school, each staffer can pick up a KN95 mask twice a week.
    — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Over the next three months, Rising won just twice in 15 games.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • During the fight, the teen was shot twice in the chest and the older man was hit once in the elbow.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
  • Stone scored twice on a 45-yard pass from Davidson and a 15-yard run.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The process took about twice as long as a norm that has grown longer in recent years.
    — Natalie Yahr, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • That’s twice as many as the Guardians, who finished 29th among MLB’s 30 teams, hit.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Packard drove in three runs and scored a run, while Rivas scored twice.
    — Paul Boyd, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Over the past 60 years, Alaska has warmed more than twice as fast as the rest of the United States.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 July 2022
  • Soft Cell has made five appearances in the Top 10, with a best of No. 5 – twice.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 May 2022
  • But the pro season crams in almost twice as many games.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Tyler Wade walked twice and finished 0-for-2 last night.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The third baseman had a career-high five hits, drove in five and scored twice.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2022
  • The Wings and Sparks have matched up twice so far this season, with the Sparks taking both games.
    — Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The ball was tipped twice before Rueben Bain Jr. pulled it down, and the Hurricanes turned the takeaway into a field goal that put them up 24-14.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025

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