clockwork
Example Sentences
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"It's like clockwork on Monday morning. I come in and see the inquiries and referrals about moms who need treatment and we can't function at full capacity because we don't have staff."
From Salon
Like clockwork they start grabbing from their stash — mugwort, calendula, oat straw, chrysanthemum — a blend meant to essentially chill us out.
From Los Angeles Times
The rest of the show ran like, well, clockwork.
From Washington Post
Water glasses are refilled like clockwork, and the servers know their stuff.
From Washington Post
Their work wasn’t linear, but there was nothing haphazard about their highly stylized, carefully rehearsed projects, which often ran on tight clockwork choreographies, integrating video and complicating ideas of plot.
From New York Times
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