marking time
Example Sentences
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Most of the people marking time in the line did not look like devotees of The Row’s luxury goods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
Between the check-ins, the lunar master clocks would keep marking time until the next synchronization.
From Scientific American • Jan. 26, 2023
They end with a color photographic scene in 1950, a subtle shift in camera technology marking time.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2022
He cautioned that the parties are still far from reaching an agreement, but said: “We know now how to move further toward compromise. We aren’t just marking time in talks.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2022
In 1941, after Papa disappeared, she was marking time while we drifted, awaiting the inevitable.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
