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.
  • Once, twice and then three times.
    — Sam McDowell 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2026
  • His teeth had been knocked out twice.
    — Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • And the clock had to strike twice.
    — Kansas City Star, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Well, to make a film is to live twice.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Minter pitched twice in three days late last week.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Lovesac raised its price twice in the last year.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Dig a hole twice as wide as the plant’s root ball.
    — Holly McNamara, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Dig a hole twice as deep and wide as the root mass.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
  • Wood was shot twice in the head and left there to die.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • He was shot twice, once in the right knee and thigh.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The Reds led three times and trailed twice.
    — CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • The car alarm blared once, twice, three times, then quit.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • He was charged by polar bears twice.
    — Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Cleveland put it in play twice for easy outs.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 23 May 2026
  • Nutsedge is the light green grass that grows twice as fast as the turf grass.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 2 July 2022
  • Indulging in ice cream and hot fudge twice in three days.
    — Maria Bamford, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In 2026, the clubs have faced twice.
    — Lukas Weese, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • Getting killed off first once is tough enough, but twice?
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Ohtani went hitless in three at-bats and struck out twice.
    — Wayne Sterling, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • After all, the beans have to be shelled not once, but twice.
    — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026

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