mark time
Example Sentences
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“We have chapter breaks, as if life is a novel — that is the way we mark time,” said Dr. Milkman.
From New York Times
Many skid row residents live in cramped rooms in converted flophouses and other buildings, are un- or underemployed, and mark time outside on street corners and parks.
From Los Angeles Times
The heaving, endless rhythms of the water mark time, but “not our time.”
From Washington Post
Like any look-back doc worth its salt, the archival footage in “Tina” doesn’t just mark time, it informs what we learn: press interviews where her hesitation after an Ike question speaks volumes; rehearsal video showing her fierce work ethic; and, of course, the adrenalized performance clips, including her soul-stirring, bluesy cover of “Help!” which, when it arrives in the film, carries a shattering resonance.
From Los Angeles Times
I’m desperate to make my kids smile, to give them some diversion, to break us out of the daily routine that we use to mark time in the unsettling limbo of quarantine.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
