Her needles ticked rhythmically against each other as she worked.

He peered into the works and ticked his nail against one of the chimes.

He wrote in his notebook, the pen ticking against the screen.

The locket ticked against the bottom of the puzzle box.

It was snowing, the fat flakes ticking against the glass.

The snow had now vanished from sight, but he could still hear it ticking faintly against the window.

I thought of the hostages and how the clock was ticking against them.

Ice was ticking against the windows as I lit the pile and watched it catch.

Even when court rulings were going his way, the clock was ticking against him.

Sand ticked against the windows, and the guard lights came on in the school yard.