"tick" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Her needles ticked rhythmically against each other as she worked.
- He peered into the works and ticked his nail against one of the chimes.
- He wrote in his notebook, the pen ticking against the screen.
- The locket ticked against the bottom of the puzzle box.
- It was snowing, the fat flakes ticking against the glass.
- The snow had now vanished from sight, but he could still hear it ticking faintly against the window.
- I thought of the hostages and how the clock was ticking against them.
- Ice was ticking against the windows as I lit the pile and watched it catch.
- Even when court rulings were going his way, the clock was ticking against him.
- Sand ticked against the windows, and the guard lights came on in the school yard.
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