tick-tock
Example Sentences
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Tick-tock tick-tock, this is the way to do it.
From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2010
In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, said the clock, as if it had been running perfectly all along.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
And that killed the discussion, because whatever other lies they told themselves, Tick-tock was right.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Nailer got to his feet and handed the rest of his wire over to Tick-tock.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
