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
There was an anchor, an hourglass surmounted by a skull, a chameleon, a bull, a beehive...Thirty-six altogether, and she couldn’t even guess what they meant.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
But throughout the South, the bulbous arachnids with red hourglasses on their bellies are engaged in a lethal competition with the brown widow, a relative from abroad — and they’re losing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
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
That polarity informs the theme of limited time, which Ito emphasizes in his work, using recurring candles and hourglasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2018
And if packets get dropped, hourglasses spin and screens freeze.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2014
I sat in the corner of her chambers for three hourglasses.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
