clock-timer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Pema Dorji was waiting by the four-faced clocktower in downtown Thimphu, one of the highest capital cities in the world, perched at more than 7,500 feet above sea level.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022
A clocktower resembling London’s Big Ben overlooks the city from a hilltop.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022
A British Union flag flutters in front of one of the clock faces of the 'Big Ben' clocktower of The Houses of Parliament in central London, Britain, February 22, 2016.
From Reuters • Oct. 28, 2021
In a small patch of green near the handsome 16th-century clocktower, Communist mayors erected monuments to those who died fighting Mussolini and the Nazis.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2018
The great clock of Westminster was striking three; the sky was a dun gray behind the clocktower, and the dark mass of the abbey could be dimly seen.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
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