The countdown kept ticking at the back of his mind.

A clock hanging on the wall ticked the seconds at him.

So close she could see a pulse ticking at the base of his throat.

As a result, their internal clocks tick at a different rate than those on Earth.

If something ticked at him, it might actually be a bomb.

"They don't know what to do when the clock is ticking at $50, $60 or $70 a square foot instead of $12."

The end result should be a series win for England, they just tick all the right boxes at present.

Two clocks close together tick at nearly the same rate.

Without missing a beat, he said that it was probably still ticking at the bottom of the tank.

Suppose that you own two clocks, which both tick at exactly the same rate.