time bomb

Example Sentences

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“I feel like a ticking time bomb right now,” Waldorf told him.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

"It finally really registered that I had been...carrying a ticking time bomb," McFarland said.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Matt Wrack, NASUWT's general secretary, said if female teachers are struggling to contain gender-based aggression, it is a "ticking time bomb" and male students need to be helped before "it is too late".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“His life was like a time bomb waiting to explode,” his wife, Jane, recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

A time bomb was ticking at the heart of their outwardly placid, inwardly unstable little family universe, and he was afraid.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols