time-keeper

Example Sentences

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I have always believed that every game should have a time-keeper working in unison with the referee, and showing everyone in the stadium, including supporters, when the clock is stopped and restarted.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

From the start, he envisioned his role as something more than a mere time-keeper.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

It is the prettiest race ever run, and when at the finish the time-keeper brings down his baton, the audience cheers itself hoarse for the winner.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel

Page 436, line 22.–The time-keeper means the metronome.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

When there is a time-keeper and you post against time it is even better fun.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield