time-keeper

Example Sentences

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I have always believed that every game should have a time-keeper working in unison with the referee, and showing everyone in the stadium, including supporters, when the clock is stopped and restarted.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

From the start, he envisioned his role as something more than a mere time-keeper.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

It is the prettiest race ever run, and when at the finish the time-keeper brings down his baton, the audience cheers itself hoarse for the winner.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel

So exact a time-keeper is it that it gave names to two months in the native almanac.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil

He again turned a scornful gaze on the time-keeper.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman