Sentence example with the word 'hourglass'

hourglass

abbreviation, bottleneck, coarctation, compression, condensation, constringency, curtailment, hourglass figure, narrow place, puckering, shortening, strangulation, systole

Definition n. a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes

Last update: October 21, 2015


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She tipped the hourglass, and black sand began to spill.   [Please select]

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His mother said, "An hourglass is made in the shape of the figure 8."   [Please select]

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"At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times."   [Please select]

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In those days very few people could afford clocks, but every one had an hourglass.   [Please select]

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Yet, calling up a serious look, His hourglass trembled while he spoke: "Neighbor," he said, "farewell."   [Please select]

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One and all worshiped somewhat languidly, with frequent glances at the hourglass upon the pulpit.   [Please select]

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Up close, the sides will be seen to be distinctly marked with an hourglass or crisscross pattern of tan or yellowish tan.   [Please select]

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