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Sentence Examples Now, with a 3.2GHz processor ticking over, keeping things cool isn't particularly easy. I listen to the sounds of the radiators ticking as the central heating comes on. Langorous horns, ticking guitars and muted keyboards have been added, sketching out long, graceful arcs of melody over the bubbling rhythms. But with the electoral countdown ticking away, his government badly needs to pull itself out of a hole. The concept is established from the outset with an insistent ticking sound that persists throughout, soon joined by a whomping techno beat. For Wight, nature's timelessness transcends kinetic motion and the realm of the ticking clock. Clocks in every room are still ticking and three koi carp still swim in the garden pond, which overlooks peaceful Accrington countryside. Just two hours from Paris yet within a feasible drive to the tin can if the weather was bad, it was ticking all the boxes. But from now on I'm up with the lark and out muck-spreading or doing whatever's needed to keep the farm ticking over properly. Like the ticking of an old clock or a leaky water tap, you get so used to it that it simply seems to disappear after a while. Still, he is a gutsy little guy who keeps ticking after he takes a licking. And now people are looking to see if he can take a licking and keep on ticking. But in both cases, the economic recoveries then in progress were robust enough to take the licking and keep on ticking. They gave me about three years based on the pathology report of the liver biopsy, and I take a licking but I keep on ticking. The piercing ring seemed to get louder, like the ticking of a bomb about to explode. Thom Yorke's eerie soprano is accompanied by incessant arpeggiated guitar and a ticking hi hat. Now even the Queen herself has seen fit to give the London media a right royal ticking off. I'm currently in Dublin just bumming around, sorting stuff out, but the clock is ticking. If a crocodile ate her alive, you'd imagine she'd give the rotter a good ticking off while trapped inside its guts. But Hollinghurst doesn't rely on tabloid-inspired plot machinations to keep the book's engine ticking. Show More Sentences Due to awkward sexual awakenings and a suffocating family life, Rita is a ticking time-bomb. And while it's only been 30 days or more, I have to say, with the clock ticking, the response has been tepid at best. Up in the scorebox, Christie kept the board ticking along with all the nervous energy that explains why he hates just watching. Instead of emitting light, like a laser, the maser emits microwave energy at a specific frequency, which produces a very specific ticking. His eyes drop, and he drifts with the wild ice ticking seaward down the Hudson, like the blank sides of a jigsaw puzzle. Key fabrics for spring include seersucker, ticking stripes and prints, as well as suede and leather, which are still very prevalent. Let's even put a grandfather clock ticking self-confidently against one wall. Most of the 600,000 are palpably unmoved, merely ticking the place off their list. All that could be heard besides the patter of raindrops against the window was the sound of the clock ticking off the seconds. The first act is played with the sound of a clock ticking and whistling wind running through it, setting a foreboding atmosphere. The clock had barely started ticking in the second period before Killie equalised. But seeing the actual footage, with the minutes ticking by, may prove more damaging to the White House than all the statistics in the world. The long chain of people moved irritably slow, minutes ticking by with seemingly no progress being made. Besson's storyline is vaguely intriguing, and there is that swell car-chase sequence to keep things ticking along nicely. For the rest of us, it was yet another chance to see how the most dysfunctional relationship in Scottish politics was ticking along. I like to keep the workout ticking along, and that brisk pace dictates minimal rest intervals. At least my sale seems to be ticking along, which is one very important part of the equation. Or maybe they are just keeping the issue ticking along in order to appease their supporters. It's a such a relaxed atmosphere and despite all the organisation that's involved, everything is ticking over beautifully. Fat is a necessary evil, as the body requires just enough to keep the physiological system ticking along. Show More Sentences When I lost the plot, I was passed to his supervisor who took great joy in ticking me off for going out of my mind over the phone. But behind the hockey pads and blender parts, there ticks a mind obsessed with ticking people off. Her clipboard-wielding colleague Alan Greenlees demonstrates how this works, diligently scrutinising and ticking off trays of shells. So, start ticking the days off, as come the year 2004, Shane will no longer be a single man. I am very nervous and apprehensive, particularly as the hours are ticking away. He wasn't conscious of the faint sound of a car engine ticking over, a little way up the street outside. It comes, of course, at a time when North Korea is struggling to get fuel to keep its economy ticking over. He had a little break after Newbury, but we've kept him ticking over since then. They keep all the bits in working order, not just ticking over in a repetitious way. A positive opening in the US helped keep the Footsie ticking over while traders digested a gloomy third-quarter report from Colt Telecom. I think there was more pressure on me at the time because I came in to keep things ticking over for Celtic. To date the US consumer has kept the economy ticking over while the manufacturing sector went into recession. Even plain muslin or pillow ticking can look good if you spice it up with fancy ribbon. The search for rhythmic patterns is so ingrained that given the persistent ticking of a clock we organise the beat into a pattern of tick-tock. Just inches of clay lay between a Carlow resident and a ticking time bomb unearthed in his back garden on Monday afternoon! I'm starting to feel like my house is nothing but a ticking time bomb waiting to plummet us into financial ruin. The Dutch police were well aware of the problem before the game, but they failed to resolve the situation and so the time bomb kept ticking. Even leaving aside the question of the refugees, there is a demographic time bomb ticking away. Ruling elites, terrified by this ticking demographic time bomb, have two choices. The unfortunate part with the leaky homes situation is that the time bomb is ticking. Show More Sentences I would so rather pay someone to finish all the mending in my sewing pile than worry about never ticking it off my list! A timer kept record of how long you had left to live, ticking off the seconds. It won't be a case of ticking the boxes, as it is at the moment, and fulfilling a set number of hours of broadcasting. So what does irregular handwriting, with sudden loops, squashed sprawls, and verticals ticking like metronomes, say about the man? A clock filled the falling silence, ticking like a metronome, keeping the beat of the daily grind. There's a clock ticking somewhere, slicing tiny shavings from your day, your week, your month, your year, your life. Darryn's anxiety increased as he watched the ticking clock, wondering where Kara was. He watched the ticking on his bedside clock until the minute hand felt more like the hour hand. The duo play multiple instruments and both have an ear for finding rhythm tracks by recording clocks ticking, bells ringing and lawnmowers mowing. As well as ticking on each beat, metronomes often have a bell which can be set to ting every second, third, or fourth beat to mark the first beat in the bar. Could 2006 be the year when I stop skidding under the wire at the last minute and begin a systematic plan of action, ticking off life's events with time to spare, instead? Political parties and independents agree that the issue of Hong Kong's ageing population is a ticking time bomb that will require far greater attention from government. Even if they could get out of this hole, wolfsbane wasn't the easiest thing to find in this area, and the hour he had to reverse the lycanthropy was ticking away. On Monday night the contours of a deal to defuse the ticking fiscal bomb emerged in the Senate. But as for the diving, it is like ticking off entries in I Spy Underwater. She suddenly took notice of what sounded like a clock ticking. With the timer constantly reminding players that time was ticking away, the game moved much faster and he stated that it was the most enjoyable playing of the game he's had. She stood stock still in the middle of the room and stared intensely at nothing, at nothing you could see anyway, and then she started ticking things off on her fingers. As long as the meter is ticking, users will limit their time online, thus restricting their ability to fully exploit and enjoy what the internet can deliver. Meanwhile time was ticking by and there no sign of a start to recording. Show More Sentences Puzzled, he looked around their small room, mentally ticking things off. Less than 2 weeks to go now and everything's ticking along nicely. Well, Tony Danza is taking a licking, but he keeps on ticking. I was going to retire at 65, and I was ticking along as a delivery driver, but now I will have to work at least another five years on top of that. It has also helped him pay for extra staff to keep the business ticking along when he has to meet a big order or has been forced to take time off ill. The yellow ticking clock that punctuates every episode of 24 is simultaneously bombastic, methodical, menacing, and relentless. Local eateries were doing very well, while the pubs seemed to be doing well also and, for business in general, things were ticking along better than last year. This has helped keep the economy ticking over until growth picks up. An environmental time bomb was ticking in the Atlantic last night after the sinking of the stricken Prestige oil tanker 500 miles from Mizen Head. Set in Edwardian London, the movie starts off with Wendy who narrates harrowing tales of swordplay and Captain Hook, who fears nothing but a ticking clock. One page per day will keep things ticking along quite nicely. I think that embedded in these agreements are three ticking time bombs that could blow them to smithereens. I've barely got enough blog in me to keep this site ticking over. Computers could be used to route traffic around numerous interconnected systems and if one or several boxes failed, the network would keep on ticking. No one seems to have noticed, but a demographic time bomb is ticking away. Whispering softly into the patient's ear or holding a softly ticking wristwatch close to the ear can be helpful in making a gross evaluation of hearing. She now made plans to marry and have a child just as her biological clock was ticking toward never. Putting that aside, I like the notion that Emma is living on borrowed time, that there is a ticking clock affixed to her neck. He set about ticking the boxes required of any self-respecting plutocrat enthusiastically. It is an opportunity to acquire knowledge and new skills, keep the brain cells ticking over and have fun you never had time for when you were a wage slave. Show More Sentences Beyond the door Matron was ticking Bentham off for leaving Thomas alone and the other nurses were gathering, quizzing each other and expressing dismay. So that was just a ticking time bomb until the Germans had to do something. She was ticking us off for a number of administrative errors but I think she has every confidence in the leadership we give to the appointments commission. The filing of a cloture motion sets a clock ticking, and at the end of the prescribed time period, votes will be taken. But for those with mental illness it is like a ticking time bomb. A case could be made that Bynes was, in effect, a ticking time bomb. The bad election results kept coming in, ticking past me one by one on the bottom of the television screen. They've got a big scoreboard with the clock ticking down, I was a bag of nerves. But the clock is ticking, and every day the credibility gap grows. However, this accident demonstrates very well the importance of referring to such an aide-memoire rather than just ticking the boxes. As box-ticking goes, I'm ticking quite a few and am pinching myself as I do so. But, with the clock ticking on the Welsh Government's Budget and brows getting ever sweatier, the vocabulary is changing. There's an assured core to each song that keeps the tune ticking over however wild and scattergun the energy of these hardcore tracks becomes. And, of course, the sleep deprivation time bomb caused by all these time bombs ticking away. I was expecting the tearful ticking off, the girlish recriminations and all the rest of the bag of tricks along those lines. I have the feeling that even while the clock is ticking we are moving on to terrible things. Khan's sale of nuclear secrets and a complicit Pakistani government have made the world a ticking time bomb. He looked down at the puppy fast asleep in his arms. Maybe this furbaby would slow down the ticking of her biological clock, too. Stalin agreed to this Percentages agreement, ticking a piece of paper as he heard the translation. Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles. Show More Sentences But the car amazed him. It kept going. And that too struck him as funny. Takes a licking, keeps on ticking. How am I supposed to knock these other guys off. My wild card is nothing but defensive. I take a licking and keep on ticking. Big whoop. While the boss was on holiday, the deputy made sure things were ticking over in the firm. The clock is ticking for Mikhail Gorbachev too. Of all the failures of political and economic theory in this century, the Soviet failure is the most spectacular. There came at last a silence so complete she could hear the ticking of the clock under the bed, and the snoring of Sophronie's children behind the wall of the girls' bedroom. Ross Hannah equalised for Belper on 40 minutes and with time ticking away Lairds nearly regained the lead but leading scorer Alex Hay skyed his shot over the bar. Insurance allows your business to take a licking and keep on ticking. But time proved a mortal enemy Friday, and Bryant would not be denied by buzzers sounding or red lights flashing or tenths of seconds ticking off and taunting him. This is because the clock starts ticking when the patient has been referred to a specialist by the GP and it only stops when the medical procedure is completed. And now thousands of funny people with brightly coloured outdoor clothing and maps in plastic mapholders follow in their footsteps, ticking them off. In the 2001 UK Census, the majority of people living in England and Wales ticking the 'Other White' ethnic group specified their ethnicity as European. With time ticking away, Nenad Milijas fell in the box under Huth's challenge, but Sorenson saved the midfielder's spot kick to send the Potters through. Examples from Classical Literature There was no sound in the room but the sound of breathing and the loud ticking of an alarm clock. The silence in the room was interrupted only by the ticking of a Swiss clock, until finally a deep gong sounded from below stairs. She had already wound the clock up, and it pleased her to think that its ticking would soon be audible all over London. At its highest speed this ticking changed into a continuous sound of trickling. They were much amused at my watch ticking, and all wanted to put their ears to hear it. Do you hear the ticking of the horologe of time with each pulsation of your heart? The ticking of the clock and the snapping of the fire mingled in a staccato duet. At last in sheer desperation he referred to the loudness of the clock's ticking. And he had hardly thought it when, somewhere near, a clock on the wall, ticking away hurriedly, struck three. The quiet was delightful, and the ticking clock was the most pleasant of companions. A fly buzzed noisily about the room, and the ticking of the clock was like the beat of a hammer. The ticking did not change its tempo until she came to her waist. Rick Perry said Thursday that with time ticking away, the agenda call could not be expanded. However for Malcolm Lewis, 39, a Business Analyst from London, the ticking clock signaled a time to create rather than spend. This fiscal time bomb is ticking away whilst Cameron and Osbourne fiddle away merrily. It flew from right to left, and back again, almost in one ticking of a watch, and every instant seemed on the point of snapping into splinters. With the clock ticking, the contestants must grill their offerings perfection to avoid serving up an unappetising scrambled egg and custard soup. They stood there so still, gazing upon her, that even the ticking of the watch seemed too loud. The ticking of the clock emphasized the inexorable silence of the house. Vaguely, between kitty's sobs, I heard the ticking of a watch. Show More Sentences Create a mattress ticking strong enough to work for innerspring mattresses, be printable, have a soft, workable hand and remain cost effective against low end woven tickings. With the Gulls trailing 2-1 at Roots Hall and seconds ticking away, Scriven batted the ball away into the empty stands after it went out for a visiting goal-kick. A witness said Shoreditch House staff then rushed over and gave red-faced Ellie and her group a ticking off about pictures being taken in the club. With the clock ticking, the contestants must grill their offerings to perfection to avoid serving up an unappetising scrambled egg and custard soup. The formal monotonous ticking of the Louis Quatorze clock annoyed him. Any other guests would have got a good ticking off for such rowdiness. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of ticking? Words that rhyme with ticking What is the plural of ticking? What is the adjective for ticking? What is the noun for ticking? Translations for ticking Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words tickey tickety-boo tickets ticketless ticketing ticketed ticking-off tickle Tickle tickled tickled pink tickler 7-letter Words Starting With t ti tic tick ticki tickin