"Clock" Example Sentences
1. The clock on the wall read midnight.
2. The grandfather clock chimed at the top of every hour.
3. He set the alarm clock on his nightstand for 6 AM.
4. The clock ticked loudly in the silent room.
5. The old pocket watch had stopped ticking long ago.
6. I could tell the time by the sun clock.
7. The wall clock was not keeping time accurately.
8. The digital watch was easier to read than an analog one.
9. The wristwatch had a small crack in the glass face.
10. The clock struck eight o'clock in the evening.
11. The minute hand on the clock slowly moved forward.
12. They bought a tall cuckoo clock for the cottage.
13. The second hand on the clock seemed to move slower.
14. The new clock hanging in the kitchen was battery operated.
15. The clock tower rang out the hour across the city.
16. The clock chimed softly in the hallway.
17. He wound up the alarm clock for the next morning.
18. Time seems to fly by when I'm having fun but crawls when I'm waiting.
19. She checked the time on her smartwatch.
20. He sped up to make the clock on the town hall.
21. The office watchman checked all the clocks were in time.
22. They raced to beat the clock for the train.
23. We waited impatiently for the end of clock.
24. I lost track of time while reading my book.
25. The stopwatch beeped, signaling I'd reached 5 minutes.
26. The professor lectured for all 90 minutes of class without stopping to take a breath.
27. The children counted down the seconds until the clock struck noon.
28. He arrived just as the big hand hit 12 and the small hand 1.
29. The second hand seemed stuck, refusing to continue its orbit across the face.
30. I misread the clock in my tired state and was almost late for work.
31. The clock read 3 AM but sleep refused to come.
32. He timed his run to beat last week's record.
33. Let's synchronize our wristwatches before we go our separate ways.
34. The man appeared to be functioning without a sense of time.
35. She was chronically late, rarely arriving before the large hand passed 12.
36. Training to run long distances teaches you time management and pacing.
37. The soldiers marched in time to the ticking of the large brass clock.
38. The crowd counted down the final seconds of the New Year with anticipation.
39. He perfected his act of juggling while simultaneously telling time.
40. Their internal body clocks are all out of sync.
41. The teacher threatened to keep the students after school if they didn't stop messing around.
42. The monk maintained a peaceful meditative state for hours on end.
43. The second hand on the clock seemed to taunt him, moving painfully slowly.
44. Set your clock forward an hour before going to bed tonight.
45. The winner was the contestant who completed the obstacle course in the fastest time.
46. The committee debated a timeline for the project.
47. They synchronized their watches before splitting up to cover more ground.
48. One minute felt like an hour as I waited for the verdict.
49. The orchestra performed the piece note for note and beat for beat.
50. My heart seemed to stop at the sight of you.
51. His watch never left his wrist, a constant reminder of appointments and deadlines.
52. She spent hours in the garden, losing all sense of the passing time.
53. The ticking clock echoed through the empty hall.
54. The timer dinged, signaling the cookies were ready to come out of the oven.
55. They tracked her progress by the minute.
56. The old mantel clock still kept perfect time after over 100 years.
57. Counting the seconds helped ease my anxiety as I waited for the results.
58. Time seemed suspended in that perfect moment.
59. The professor droned on long after the bell rang, dismissing the students.
60. The tempo gradually increased as the piece built to its climax.
Common Phases
1. Against the
clock - under pressure of limited time.
2. By the
clock - strictly according to a schedule with no flexibility.
3.
Clock in/out - to punch the time card at the beginning and end of a work shift.
4. Keep an eye on the
clock - to be watchful of the time to make sure one does not run late.
5. Tick like a
clock - to make regular, rhythmic sounds.
6. Like
clockwork - in a very precise, regular manner according to a schedule or timetable.
7. Run like
clockwork - to work smoothly and efficiently with precise regularity.
8. Tell the time by the sun - to determine or estimate the time of day based on the position of the sun in the sky.
9. Lost track of time - to become so involved or engrossed in an activity that one is oblivious to the passage of time.
10. Run against the
clock - to do something within a limited amount of time under a time constraint.
11. With
clockwork precision - with perfect timing, order, coordination or synchronization.
12.
Clock watcher - someone who frequently checks their watch or
clock and appears anxious to leave work at quitting time.
13. Dead on/by the
clock - to arrive or finish at the exact scheduled time.
14. Behind/ahead of the
clock - late or early in relation to the scheduled time.
15. Turn back the
clock - figuratively return to an earlier phase or period in time.