Examples of 'clock ticking' in a sentence

Meaning of "clock ticking"

This phrase is often used metaphorically to convey a sense of urgency or a looming deadline. It refers to the sound made by a clock's ticking hand, which creates a constant reminder of the passing time and the need to take action or make a decision

How to use "clock ticking" in a sentence

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You hear the clock ticking loudly.
Clock ticking with piano music in background.
So there was a clock ticking above our head.
Guy thinks there is a kill clock ticking.
Starts the clock ticking in terms of deadlines.
You could hear the clock ticking.
The clock ticking freaks out many candidates.
I waited for the clock ticking to sound.
I hear my hubby making coffee and my clock ticking.
He looked at the clock ticking on the mantelpiece.
I can not think with that clock ticking.
I heard the clock ticking on the wall.
I can hear my biological clock ticking.
There is a clock ticking for all of us.
She goes on about her body clock ticking away.

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Clock ticking indistinct chatter.
I can hear the clock ticking over.
Clock ticking to keep you in.
I saw a large clock ticking loudly.
Guy in one thinks there is a kill clock ticking.
The sound of a clock ticking away the moments.
Like the comment about the clock ticking.
And the clock ticking by.
There was also a large grandfather clock ticking away.
Clock ticking gun clicks.
I can hear his clock ticking.
Clock ticking dog snoring.
I just imagine the clock ticking.
Her biological clock ticking has turned into an obsession.
Huerta does not hear her biological clock ticking.
You could hear the clock ticking in the kitchen.
Suspense in a thriller can come from a clock ticking.
Get the clock ticking.
Sounds like you felt your biological clock ticking.
There was a clock ticking somewhere.
And the refrigerator humming and the clock ticking.
We may hear a biological clock ticking regarding having children.
You can actually hear your biological clock ticking.
Keep the clock ticking as it were.
Here there is another clock ticking.
And about the clock ticking on all of their dreams.
My children do so much better without a time clock ticking away.
The wall clock ticking.
Clock ticking fast.
The only sound is the clock ticking loudly.
Clock ticking softly.
Got a kill clock ticking.
Clock ticking the rest has been told exactly as it occurred.
Kept the clock ticking.
Clock ticking faintly.

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