noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
biological clock ticking
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career women who hear the biological clock ticking
ticking off
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
give sb a ticking off
the clock is ticking
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In the brooding silences the ticking of the clock seemed to become louder.
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In the silence she heard the ticking of the carriage clock.
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Once the minerals in a rock are formed, any radioactive elements in those minerals keep ticking away.
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Repetitive stimuli are relegated to background noise and, like the ticking of that clock, are not heard until they stop.
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Report repeated two and a half second ticking sounds from plane.
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That was where the ticking was coming from, thought Endill.
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The only sound came from the ticking of a clock.
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Upon its arrival home on March 26, H-4 was still ticking .