ticking

Example Sentences

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Discovery is a “ticking fee” of an additional 25 cents per share for every quarter the deal fails to close past Sept. 30.

From MarketWatch

In further good news, the report showed the unemployment rate ticking lower to 4.3%.

From The Wall Street Journal

Time was ticking and I wasn’t getting any younger or cuter.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s so many different sides to Jackie,” she said, ticking off a litany: “She’s fierce, she’s gentle, she’s demanding. She’s nurturing. She’s a mother. She’s a warrior.”

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe I could just stay here in this chair and life would go on as though Elliot wasn’t holding a ticking time bomb.

From Literature