Examples of 'just ticking' in a sentence
Meaning of "just ticking"
just ticking: This phrase indicates that something is barely functioning or progressing. It is often used to describe a situation where there is minimal activity or movement, suggesting that the situation is fragile or unstable
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just ticking
Looks like we are just ticking him off.
Just ticking a few boxes.
We are all just ticking away here.
With a time bomb in as just ticking.
I was just ticking off the dogs.
The minutes must be just ticking by.
Just ticking the boxes.
But the evidence will show he was just ticking them off in pursuit of a payday.
Just ticking over.
Travel is so much more than just ticking boxes and saying you were there.
Today the European project seems to be just ticking over.
You are just ticking us off.
There they sleep, with their metabolism only just ticking over.
Time is just ticking so slow.
He 's only alive because a tiny pilot light between his shoulders is just ticking over.
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Okay, we are just ticking all the boxes here.
Her biological clock wasn't just ticking.
Just ticking boxes, making sure you had the right body.
And he knows it 's just ticking me off.
Time is just ticking so slow I'm bored out of my mind.
Get used to just … drowning … while the rest of the world 's just ticking on.
We're just ticking off a long list of people who moved from Cologne.
Eight is nothing! That's just ticking a woman.
A bomb, just ticking away right there in my hand!
Almost complete neural shutdown . It 's just ticking over.
You're just ticking their boxes.
Scarcely an electrical impulse left . Almost complete neural shutdown . It 's just ticking over.
That 's just ticking a woman.
I have a clock inside of me, Sam. It 's not just ticking.
It 's just ticking over.
So, it's official: she was just ticking off boxes.
It's just ticking me off.
Lukem, I'd like to say you're inspiring me but now you're just ticking me off.
Again, that 's just ticking boxes.
It 's not just ticking.
Oh, I am sure it 's nothing, just ticking a few more boxes.
Almost complete neural shutdown . It 's just ticking over . It 's like her brain 's been wiped clean.
