marking time
Example Sentences
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Most of the people marking time in the line did not look like devotees of The Row’s luxury goods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
In “Prime Time,” Fonda’s 2011 memoir, she describes the final chapter of her life as a time of “coming to fruition rather than simply a period of marking time, or the absence of youth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
Between the check-ins, the lunar master clocks would keep marking time until the next synchronization.
From Scientific American • Jan. 26, 2023
He cautioned that the parties are still far from reaching an agreement, but said: “We now know how to move further toward compromise. We aren’t just marking time in talks.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 29, 2022
No more birds or buzzing flies or grandfather clock marking time.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
