hourglass
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In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the screams of our lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Josephina Finch from Canterbury said she wanted to have the procedure because she "liked a curvy look" and "having an hourglass figure".
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
“The hourglass sand bag complemented the sand-treated dress and was the icing on the cake, not to mention the theatrics of her ‘walk’ on the carpet.”
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
Arachne had the body of a giant black widow, with a hairy red hourglass mark on the underside of her abdomen and a pair of oozing spinnerets.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
But throughout the South, the bulbous arachnids with red hourglasses on their bellies are engaged in a lethal competition with the brown widow, a relative from abroad — and they’re losing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023
It is true that the bouquets are not wilting and that there aren’t human skulls or hourglasses inserted into the compositions.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
That polarity informs the theme of limited time, which Ito emphasizes in his work, using recurring candles and hourglasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2018
And if packets get dropped, hourglasses spin and screens freeze.
From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2014
"But thank you. And it's not always this bad. Only after I've used the arcana. My eyes will drift back into place after a few hourglasses."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
