ticking
Example Sentences
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She added a thick black-and-white band above the ragged stitches and finished the blond rim with the traditional contrasting ticking.
From Los Angeles Times
Anyone trapped with their head under the surface is likely going to be starved for oxygen, so the clock was ticking.
From Los Angeles Times
U.S. labor-market data is beginning to confirm what leading technologists and CEOs have been warning: AI will disrupt jobs — and the clock is ticking.
From MarketWatch
Both brought up hard-fought half-centuries and with storm clouds looming, kept the scoreboard ticking over at a fast clip.
From Barron's
“If it doesn’t pan out, we have just plunked down a lot of money on the table that depreciates really quickly. And the clock is ticking.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
