clock
Example Sentences
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Work-life balance isn’t just about how many hours you spend on the clock.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Less than a minute remained on the clock during the biggest chess match of Bodhana Sivanandan’s short career last weekend, but to her, it was practically an eternity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"These are old ships. It's not like they're even state-of-the-art. And they take a lot of maintenance, a lot of work. It's around the clock."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“And he said, ‘Waking up, not to an alarm clock, and not having to go in and cook bacon and just being able to have a cup of coffee at home and cook for myself.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Then I made a schedule for the rest of the day with the only piece of information I knew for sure: what the clock would look like when it was time to go home.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
