Minutes ticked slowly by, until the rajah drew the cord to raise the curtains.

One dozen minutes passed, while a huge grandfather's clock ticked slowly from its gloomy corner in the big living room.

Minutes ticked slowly by while I oscillated between elation and despair.

Wouldn't it be better to die with our lips upon your skin than by time's slowly ticking clock?

Near at hand some kind of instrument was ticking slowly and regularly.

He sat in silence, and the clock ticked slowly around.

Then he waited, as the seconds ticked slowly by, for his mom to go to bed.

As the seconds slowly ticked by I realized that the assault was not aimed at me.

Despite this time bomb which is slowly ticking away, enlargement will go ahead.

They were silencing everybody, while the clock ticked slowly around to Sunday.