marks time
Example Sentences
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Bo marks time with her twice-weekly visit to the rooftop markets, where merchants sell food they’ve grown or had brought in by boat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
He now marks time in relation to that date.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
"The monarchy and its rituals and its dramas and events, and the way it marks time, provide us with a collective experience," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023
It is telling that the village tour is how the author marks time.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2019
He who only "marks time" upon a relatively high level may be a good man, but we do not give him credit for the act normally to be expected of him.
From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by George Stuart Fullerton
