hourglass

Example Sentences

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In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Like sands through the hourglass, so are the screams of our lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

"The hourglass is slowly running out, and time is being wasted," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

“She is like an infinite hourglass, and in time, she will receive all the credit that she deserves for following her muse and selecting such an honest musical path.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

One of the gravestones in the cemetery near the earliest church has an anchor on it and an hourglass, and the words In Hope.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood