ticktock

Example Sentences

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Together they produced an hourslong ticktock cacophony that has become the unwanted soundtrack of the lives of McKee and her neighbors.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023

Healthy pastures of eelgrass offer a mesmerizing beauty, swishing gently in the ticktock of the tide.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2022

Slocumb is equally adept at suspense, whether he’s conveying the ticktock of the main mystery or the heart-pounding, fist-clenching realities Ray has to face as a young Black man in America.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2022

The ticktock of the raid’s secret planning and execution is exhilarating, but Obamareflects on the cathartic euphoria of the aftermath.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2020

I can practically hear the ticktock of her brain.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman