ticking
Example Sentences
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“If it doesn’t pan out, we have just plunked down a lot of money on the table that depreciates really quickly. And the clock is ticking.”
Ball strikes register "like the ticking of a clock against the temples", it said this month, adding many people are "haunted by the sound of popping".
From Barron's
Ravinder usually works on his timepieces alone, the only sound the tapping of an elegant hammer and the metronomic ticking of clocks.
Time is ticking for him to rebuild and bring her back.
From Los Angeles Times
Also on Tuesday morning, new data from the Labor Department showed that hiring seesawed in October and November data showed that hiring gained by 64,000, with unemployment ticking up to 4.6%.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
