sundial

Example Sentences

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You’re watching a ticker that moves like a sundial.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

The name gujeolpan refers to nine ingredients on a plate, with eight colorful vegetables or proteins sliced thinly and arrayed around the edge of plate, much like a mouth-watering sundial.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2025

As I squeezed the pedal harder, the animated speedometer—designed a bit like an Aztec sundial, with spiky points blooming around the center—grew in radiance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

A new, interactive outdoor sculpture by conceptual artist Chloë Bass also functions as an analemmatic sundial.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2023

"I've been thinking," he said, "about a clock. We could make a sundial We could put a stick in the sand, and then-" The effort to express the mathematical processes involved was too great.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding