tick-tock
Example Sentences
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It’s important to note that long before the tick-tock and chiming of clocks, our ancestors — you know, that raggedy bunch dressed in animal fur — had to adapt to seasonal changes in daylight.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025
On March 22, the New York Times published a lengthy and revealing tick-tock account of the Justice Department’s efforts to prosecute Trump.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2024
Ultimately, the researchers found that the tick-tock of the quasar clocks behaved just as Einstein’s relativity predicts.
From Scientific American • Jul. 19, 2023
When Basman’s king gets tired of his two-step, it’s the Black bishop’s turn to tick-tock between b7 and a8, again twiddling thumbs while White prepares for the final assault.
From Washington Times • Nov. 8, 2022
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, said the clock, as if it had been running perfectly all along.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
