mark time
Example Sentences
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But I find that once you put a number down on paper, you can mark time against it.
From Slate • May 6, 2024
Trees can spark memories, mark time and give us a comforting place to return to.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2024
Rcd1 Rea8, doubling rooks on a closed file, is a bit of a tell that he can only mark time as White dictates the play.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023
The town even plays a centuries-old bugle call three times a day from its clock tower to mark time passing by.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022
But the very fact of my having become his carer served as a reminder that we weren’t there to mark time.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
