"tick" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- At night, the faint trail of a satellite ticked through the stars.
- I watched as his mind ticked through some mental checklist.
- It ticked through his head like the sound of a clock.
- She ticked through the points as she did a quick wash in his bathroom.
- Ukiah blanched, ticking through his mind all the possible people that might have answered the door instead of him.
- Then I stared at the phone, ticking through options.
- Her brain was sluggish, ticking through the problem like the old gears of a grandfather's clock.
- Always, the clock is ticking through the "golden hour": a 60-minute window when medical intervention can raise a victim's chances of survival.
- Companies will simply "tick through" premium renewals for men at existing rates, or slightly reduced.
- He seemed to be hinting at some vast plan ticking away through time that was still on course.
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