marks time
Example Sentences
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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
In many major cities, art life marks time with annual commercial art fairs or contemporary biennials.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2018
Intimate as is its connexion with the progress of science, metaphysics does not keep step with it,—any more than it simply marks time as the former advances.
From Recent Tendencies in Ethics by Sorley, William Ritchie