clockwork

Example Sentences

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In the vague clockwork of industry deservedness, the odds have always favored Paul Thomas Anderson.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

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

Like clockwork, road failures and landslides tend to bring up questions about when, or if, it might make sense to abandon or reconfigure parts of Highway 1.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

There is a silver dragon that curls around part of the now visible clockwork, a tiny princess in a carved tower who paces in distress, awaiting an absent prince.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern