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

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

Onstage, though, the loud ticktock of the investigation too often drowns out the emotion — an effect perhaps enhanced by the flattening of the genre brought on by endless “Law & Order” spinoffs and reruns.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2020

Lizabeth let the clock ticktock a little bit, then say, “I believe you could buy dry corn at a feed store, Biddy.”

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles