Examples of 'starts ticking' in a sentence

Meaning of "starts ticking"

starts ticking - This phrase indicates the beginning of a countdown or the initiation of a process that involves a ticking sound, often used metaphorically

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starts ticking
The fatal clock starts ticking again.
Immediately after returning the key the first bomb starts ticking.
The clock starts ticking.
Once your surveillance knows you are onto them the clock starts ticking.
Watch starts ticking again.
I believe that a clock kind of starts ticking inside of me.
The clock starts ticking from the time of the incident.
There comes a time when the clock starts ticking backwards.
The clock starts ticking immediately and we begin with the correction.
Before that black heart of hers starts ticking on its own again.
The time starts ticking when the data processor becomes aware of the breach.
The group is led into a locked room and the clock starts ticking.
The clock usually starts ticking on the date the accident occurred.
When you clock that second And your heart starts ticking.
This is where the clock starts ticking on three days and three nights.

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I guess I am at the age where my biological clock starts ticking.
The moment the clock starts ticking the wheel sprocket in it will start rotating.
When a child is born, a clock starts ticking.
The timer only starts ticking after the first question has been read by the host.
I open it up, and there is a clock in here and it starts ticking.
That clock starts ticking when the rock forms and new minerals crystallize within it.
The moment you stop the circulation, the clock starts ticking.
The clock starts ticking for these graduates as soon as they walk across the stage.
Once inserted back to the clockwork, the clock starts ticking again.
The clock starts ticking once the application is recorded in the System.
We got eight hours on this thing, and the clock starts ticking now.
I come on aboard and it starts ticking like a Swiss watch.
We've got eight hours on this thing and the clock starts ticking now.
Normally, the clock starts ticking as soon as the injury occurs.
This makes it simple to determine when the statute-of-limitations clock starts ticking.
The clock starts ticking long before a patient ends up in a specialist 's office.
This is important, because it helps determine when the statute of limitations clock starts ticking.
The second that clock starts ticking in earnest, I will be on my way.
The moment you receive a voice message or email request, the clock starts ticking.
The meter starts ticking from RM 4, but many cabbies are reluctant to use theirs.
If the banks initiate proceedings at any point, the clock starts ticking again, experts say.
Note, the 30 day clock starts ticking the moment you enter the code into the website.
The minute the hammer strikes your house for the last time, that timer starts ticking.
See that? I come on aboard and it starts ticking like a Swiss watch.
Once you lose your work-based insurance coverage, the clock starts ticking.
In other words, we have a ‘ clock ' which starts ticking at the moment something dies.
As soon as the accident occurs, the two-year clock starts ticking.
The clock starts ticking again . But now, every time I move.
So I get the ball . The clock starts ticking.
The clock starts ticking as soon as the B13A is given to the CBSA.
That 's when the clock starts ticking.
And seinior year, that 's when the clock starts ticking.
Son, from the moment we come out of the womb, the clock starts ticking.
And senior year? That 's when the clock starts ticking.
When you're born, your clock starts ticking.

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Examples of using Ticking
This place is ticking like a time bomb
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Just listen to the ticking of the metronome
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