marks time
Example Sentences
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Bo marks time with her twice-weekly visit to the rooftop markets, where merchants sell food they’ve grown or had brought in by boat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
"The monarchy and its rituals and its dramas and events, and the way it marks time, provide us with a collective experience," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023
Indeed, this is a city that marks time by its signature event.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2020
In the book, the gaps between entries are of variable lengths, and, since the poem marks time, require silences of variable intervals:
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 5, 2016
The collective thought of generations marks time without advancing.
From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
