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
In “Prime Time,” Fonda’s 2011 memoir, she describes the final chapter of her life as a time of “coming to fruition rather than simply a period of marking time, or the absence of youth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Kxg7 33. g4!, and suddenly the White queen and major pieces have a clear path to the kingside while Black’s pieces are marking time.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
Between the check-ins, the lunar master clocks would keep marking time until the next synchronization.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2023
In 1941, after Papa disappeared, she was marking time while we drifted, awaiting the inevitable.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
