Example Sentences

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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 still have the same excitement level," said Charles Edwards of Portland, Ore., who has been making slow-dripping sculptures of coffee makers and hourglasses inspired by the experiment since 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 26, 2013

After three hourglasses pass, Sophia's ladies-of-honor are splayed out on plush kneeling-pillows at the base of the throne, and their snores add to the misen players' song.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton