clockwork

Example Sentences

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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 on trash day, bears come through and knock over cans, Peters said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

One-percenters on-screen violated laws and standards of basic decency with a clockwork rivaling the Patek Philippes on their wrists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

They are bound to bits of clockwork, pieces of mirror, stumps of dripping candles.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern