Ticked

Examples

• My self-approval when I ticked an entry was quite a luxurious sensation. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill, and ticked it off. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• His watch ticked on. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Tom Edison, the operator ticked back. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The parlour-fire ticked in the grate. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The minutes ticked on, and the constable did not arrive. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• There was only one person on the parlour-hearth, and the loud watch in his pocket ticked audibly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The clock ticked, the fire clicked; not another sound had been heard in the room or in the house for I don't know how long. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• A little travelling clock ticked purringly at her elbow, and a log broke in two and sent up a shower of sparks. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The great school-clock ticked on. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• What a watch to return good for evil if it ticked in answer, Don't go home! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The closet whispered, the fireplace sighed, the little washing-stand ticked, and one guitar-string played occasionally in the chest of drawers. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I humoured him: the watch ticked on: he breathed fast and low: I stood silent. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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