hourglass
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In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the screams of our lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
The hourglass silhouette – the cinched in waist and fuller skirt – felt pointed and intentional.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
“The hourglass sand bag complemented the sand-treated dress and was the icing on the cake, not to mention the theatrics of her ‘walk’ on the carpet.”
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
The giant Gryffindor hourglass had been hit by a curse, and the rubies within were still falling, with a loud rattle, onto the flagstones below.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Sand clocks, known as hourglasses, are another key motif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
It is true that the bouquets are not wilting and that there aren’t human skulls or hourglasses inserted into the compositions.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
And if packets get dropped, hourglasses spin and screens freeze.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2014
"I still have the same excitement level," said Charles Edwards of Portland, Ore., who has been making slow-dripping sculptures of coffee makers and hourglasses inspired by the experiment since 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2013
I could kiss him for a thousand hourglasses.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
