like clockwork
Example Sentences
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With everything working like clockwork, he's clearly run out of things to complain about.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
I’m not sure what would provoke anyone to tune in, but like clockwork, the viewership billowed to the thousands.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
My daughter and I brought the Santas out from the garage like clockwork each November to start decorating our home, and we kept them up well into the new year.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
Ask a futurist about self-driving cars, and you’ll hear an exciting story: traffic that flows like clockwork, pedestrians stepping into the street without fear, and collisions so rare they make the news.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
The hard labor of spring planting and fall harvesting is followed, like clockwork, by the slower pace of summer and winter.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
