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Sentence example with the word 'ticking'
ticking
Definition
n.
a metallic tapping sound
Last update: August 22, 2015
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The manor was silent, except for the
ticking
of the grandfather clock in the foyer.
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This insect makes a
ticking
noise by beating its head with great force against whatever it happens to stand on.
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It was the rapid
ticking
of the clock which had hypnotized her into hearing the steady hoofs.
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A gray "
ticking
" will most likely appear between the dark colour, as it does between the black bars of the tabby.
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Pete lit the candle and steadied it while Grannie cut the stocking from the wall side of the bed-
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.
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There was no sound within except the
ticking
of the clock.
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It was most of it Greek to me, but Grim listened like an operator to the
ticking
of the Morse code.
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And he had hardly thought it when, somewhere near, a clock on the wall,
ticking
away hurriedly, struck three.
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I searched every inch of the bunk and only shook out feathers from the mouldy
ticking
.
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After a time I grew composed enough to become aware of the
ticking
of the clock, even to take pleasure in it.
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For a while the only sound in the room was the
ticking
of the old clock with the quaint, coloured picture on its panel.
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