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hourglasses

  • plural
    of hourglass.
    hourglass
    noun
    an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.

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But throughout the South, the bulbous arachnids with red hourglasses on their bellies are engaged in a lethal competition with the brown widow, a relative from abroad — and they’re losing.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

Sand clocks, known as hourglasses, are another key motif.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2022

It is true that the bouquets are not wilting and that there aren’t human skulls or hourglasses inserted into the compositions.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2019

And if packets get dropped, hourglasses spin and screens freeze.

From The Verge ● Nov. 1, 2014

I could kiss him for a thousand hourglasses.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton