clockwork

Example Sentences

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In the vague clockwork of industry deservedness, the odds have always favored Paul Thomas Anderson.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

With everything working like clockwork, he's clearly run out of things to complain about.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

My daughter and I brought the Santas out from the garage like clockwork each November to start decorating our home, and we kept them up well into the new year.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

These factors—cultural, technological, conceptual, political—were absent in China, and hence the Chinese admired clockwork but had no use for it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton