How to Use pace in a Sentence

pace

1 of 2 noun
Definition of pacenext
Synonyms for pacenext
  • The pace of the story was slow.
  • We walked at a leisurely pace along the shore.
  • His new album is selling at a blistering pace.
  • Over the past 5 years, earnings have grown at a 42% pace.
    — John Navin, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • There have been 15 so far this year, close to last year’s record pace.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Killings this year are on pace to reach the highest level since the late 1990s.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The Commanders do not have enough weapons to keep pace.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The same was true for the eight years since the Cold War ended, pace Huntington.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In many ways Purdy seems to be ahead of the pace set by those two legendary 49ers.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • And at this pace, the Braves look poised to be in the World Series - much thanks to his record-breaking season.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Deaths were recorded at a similar pace through the first six months of 2023.
    — Jeff McMurray, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The Rays and Orioles, however, are both on pace to make the playoffs.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But the new and, hopefully younger, management will have to do more to keep up with the pace of change.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The pace slowed on the backstretch, and around the turn National Treasure started to make his move.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2024
  • That’s triple the pace of the U.S. economy’s overall hiring.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
  • Back in McLean’s Town, the pace of recovery is slower and often more painful.
    — Matthew Monagan, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But at the very least, there were multiple twists and a quick pace that kept Episode 1 engaging.
    — Amber Dowling, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Companies are on pace to buy back more than $1 trillion worth of their own stock this year.
    — David Benoit, WSJ, 28 July 2023
  • After nerves on both sides subsided, the Eagles used a breakneck pace to rout the team from across town by a score of 88-44.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In the game’s early going, the Trojans kept pace despite their abysmal shooting.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Household wealth swelled at a record pace during the pandemic.
    — The Courier-Journal, 17 Jan. 2024
  • At the current pace, Blinken said, top postings as crucial as those in Israel and Egypt may sit vacant by the end of the summer.
    — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • At the current sales pace, the market has a 3.4-month supply of inventory.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Laws have been slow to match the pace at which generative AI is advancing.
    — Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Opioid overdose deaths recorded by D.C. so far this year are on pace to surpass last year’s record of 461.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • On the restart, Pato O’Ward — who already had a restart called off for setting too slow of a pace — was shuffled from first to third as Newgarden shot to the lead.
    — Jenna Fryer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2023
  • The pace of progress toward gender equality has slowed.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Best not to overthink the simple pleasures here—among them dead-perfect needle drops and a jackrabbit pace.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The pace at which votes come in for both parties also changes based on when a state is allowed to begin counting its mail-in ballots.
    — Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The commander of the hospital, a brigadier general, hovered two paces behind the body.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
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pace

2 of 2 verb
  • She paced the other runners for the first half of the race.
  • When she gets nervous she paces back and forth.
  • He was pacing and muttering to himself.
  • Advertisements are paced so that they are shown more often during peak sales seasons.
  • To stay active, the three of them paced around the room.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The show is paced to match the stresses of a real-life kitchen.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024
  • No need to pace yourself here, or even think about it too hard.
    — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 5 May 2023
  • Players want to pace themselves, and avoid injury in the spring.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The scenes are so sharply cut that the series is perfectly paced.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
  • More than 30 big cats paced inside cages, some of which were the size of a studio apartment.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Craig Salois posted a 10:30 in the two-mile to pace the Hillers to their first Tri-Valley win of the season.
    — Mike Puzzanghera, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Guards paced dirt roads, batons in hand, and spat out commands under the gnarled trees.
    — Keren Blankfeld, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Kyra Douglass paced the Cougars offense with 16 kills and four aces.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Curry paced Golden State with 13 points in the first half while Thompson added 12.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023
  • Having said that: Arthur has his best ideas while pacing.
    — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Peso Pluma paced across the stage to the sounds of uproarious applause.
    — Angie Orellana Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • In order to make baseball more fast paced, MLB made a number of rule changes over the winter break.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Mark Hamill co-stars in the film, which is pacing for a $6 million-$7 million four-day opening and a fifth-place finish.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
  • Hitler—then the leader of the nascent Nazi Party—paced inside the foyer, waiting for his big moment.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • There were people lying on the ground and others pacing.
    — John Surico, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The haphazard and leisurely paced meal added to our sense of adventure.
    — Mara Severin | Eating Out, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Kitson paced the center of his living room as the back windows howled and bowed in against the storm’s triple-digit winds.
    — Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
  • Kate then paced herself a step or two behind, allowing Anne to be the first to shake hands with their greeter at the entrance.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In the clip, Rogers paces the New York subway platform, adjusting her shorts and top while waiting for the train.
    — Kyle Lamar Rice, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The sweet shooting of senior Jaden Juarez has helped pace Martin’s offense.
    — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The film is pacing to open to $9.5 million to $10 million based on Friday traffic.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Err on the side of caution and remember to drink water and pace yourself—after all, this is still a work event and your 9 a.m.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The album is paced to flow like an old-school LP, with 12 songs in 42 minutes, splicing straight-for-the-jugular songs with detours and in-jokes.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
  • DiCaprio’s pal Tobey Maguire — dressed in a mishmash of a black suit, gold chain and sneakers with brown soles — kept pacing around the tent.
    — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • The pitch is currently much too outdated for an agile and fast paced world.
    — Avi Dan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023

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