| 单词 | tick |
| 例句 | His mind, temporarily sidetracked, oiled itself and ticked and turned and woke up, functioning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as the seconds of the fourth quarter ticked by, we did believe. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I heard the refrigerator hum, a poink poink from the shower dripping, the ticking that comes from the old clock on the mantel whose time is always wrong unless I remember to wind it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The noise is so loud in the shady stillness of the plants and gentle huddled form of Mr. Ram that I’m ticked as I pick up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z We stay that way, not speaking, for what seems like years, but the clock ticks only minutes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The clock ticked with empty urgency, as though trying to catch up with the time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the clock on the wall seemed to stop ticking, its hands stuck in time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Only, the question on Axel’s mind tonight, without the ticking clock, without the hawk eyes, is about the other side. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Any place that’s war- torn, by the way, is bound to be embattled or besieged. what makes him tick. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The room I’m in is pitch black and quiet, except for a clock that’s tick, tick, ticking away. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z It ticked in a satisfied and self-important way, as if it had managed to solve some difficult problem. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z It was ticking slower than his heart and much more softly. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Hooper went on staring at the things lying on the table, his mind ticking over. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then her eyes land on Elizabeth, a few feet away, ticking through her handbag. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The minute hand on her grandfather clock ticks another notch toward the top of the hour. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z There’s a crescendo in the ticking, and a flash. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z He began to tick off the typical crash preconditions. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Near at hand some kind of instrument was ticking slowly and regularly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z "Oh, some will come through. I've two weeks allowance should be here. I can live on tick at this pub in Saint Jean." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z There is something very massive, very dense, and very small ticking and purring inside M87—from a region smaller than the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the minutes tick toward dismissal, the boys fidget, swinging their legs, tapping the floor with their heavy brown shoes, whispering and snickering when their teachers aren't looking. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “Do we really have to spin and count spaces and all that junk? We have a deadline. Clocks everywhere are ticking against us.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I went out, shutting the door upon the ticking. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re going to open up these frogs and see what makes them tick. You never truly know how an organism works until you see what’s going on inside.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Seconds ticked by while I fought for control. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’m a ticking time bomb, and even if you’re not blowing up when I do, you might get burned—maybe literally.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was then that she realized that the tick took sound of the clock had never quieted—it was as if she was still standing next to it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I missed the sound of Judy breathing, the squeak of the bed as she rolled over, even the ticking of her alarm clock. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the street a neighbor’s sprinklers come on, hissing loud enough to drown out the ticking of the clock. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z At night they slept in a haystack, so grateful for open air even the field mice and the ticks were welcome bedmates. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia wishes she could freeze time as she listens to the steady beat of Marco’s heart against the ticking of the clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It had been too hot to think, too hot to sleep, too hot to do anything except seek refuge anywhere you could find it, until the temperature ticked back down from intolerable to just bearable. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “In the end, all we are doing is setting a clock. Each day ticks by like the perfect whirring of a well-tuned gear, you see?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z All you could hear was the clock ticking and Mr. French’s fork tapping his dessert plate. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The metronome clicked on dreamily; the clock ticked querulously. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s 6:55 a.m., his ticking clock tells him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Every guy in this place has a ticking clock hanging around his neck. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Somehow Haymitch calling me sweetheart ticks me off enough that I'm at least able to speak. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After a minute and twenty-two seconds—I watched the time tick by on the clock on the wall—my mom said, “Well, what if you don’t find anything?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “Now grab a bay and log in. The clock is ticking!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She grabs her purse and Jaimito’s stroller, and ticks off more rules. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, they’re just ticked off at me because of the newspaper story. Did you see it?” he asked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The clock went on ticking its solemn double note. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Bet our old blue tick hound can out-hunt both of them.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He listened, straining against the silence, but all he could hear was the quiet house around him, the occasional tick from the empty downstairs or a rustle of bedding from his mum’s room next door. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Was it the tick of the great clock that sounded so frightening, or her own heart? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It was like watching our neighborhood tick for the first time. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Before I had any idea what made him tick. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He starts forcing himself to only check his phone once every two hours instead of once an hour, makes himself hang on by his fingernails until the minutes tick down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It had stopped ticking sometime when he went hunting for a jaguar during the several-hundred-mile journey to reach the River of Doubt. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I sit in the chair closest to the door and listen to the rocket clock ticking and Ms. Kenney typing and answering the phone with “Woodson Elementary, how can I help you?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z An early scene from the Wells’s novel also included a steadily ticking observatory clock. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The mother sewed a new ticking over it to hide the ugly stain that had been the past part of Andy’s life. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly he realized what it was, for Tock was no longer ticking and the Humbug, although happily singing, was doing so in complete silence. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z A small fleet gathers to welcome them, to tick their names off a list at a podium, to lead them to their table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry glanced again and again at the large clock ticking on the wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There are no ticks, so you don’t have to worry about the health of the cattle, but the area is known for its fierce lions. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z A month, maybe two, and the families with their out-of-state plates and minivans that were a tick too nice for the parking lot would disappear like a magic trick. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Why can’t I take my feather tick? It took me most of my life to get the feathers to make that tick and I’m not going off anywhere without it.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Seconds ticked by, the yard buzzing as everyone checked out each other’s hairstyles, cuts, fresh sneakers, jewelry, and book bags—accessories were the only way to set yourself apart. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The clock ticked loudly, a jangling, arrhythmic tick. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Eventually, the heavy hands of the courtroom clock tick round to midday, and a solemn bong is heard. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We sat in soothing silence, listening to the leaden tick of the hallway clock and the barking of a nearby dog. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The aunts began to blur into one another as the days of the summer ticked past. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He would help old ladies get their bags up the steps, ticking and accidentally cussing the whole way, calling them all kinds of names, but they didn't care because everybody had gotten used to it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z My heart pounds, and mentally I’m counting the seconds as they tick past. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath as the face of the eleven dead tributes begin and tick them off one by one on my fingers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was a thin little creature with ticks in its gray fur and ribs showing through its thin coat like stripes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I don’t know exactly. After the basketball stuff, I guess. That really ticked off a lot of people.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z You hesitate before you exit, pausing to watch the intricate, dancing clock as it ticks down the seconds, pieces moving seamlessly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tara only nods distractedly, and then they discuss other matters of little import while the clock ticks through the afternoon hours and the light beyond the frosted-glass windows fades considerably. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There is a knock on the frosted-glass door and the scratching pencil halts, though the ticking clock pays no heed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z With each tick of the pocket watch, Helmuth's heart pounds harder. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, Mrs. van D. is ticked off because we’re using her china instead of ours. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And now the shame set in, and the guilt, and, upstairs, the clock ticked on, impossibly loud to Laila’s ears. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z You could walk into a grocery store and bump into someone and fall in love and that someone would not be the race you tick online. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Luma hurried her players into a huddle and began to tick through the adjustments she wanted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I am nervous, but the clock is ticking. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The ticking of the clock on his desk was loud and the sound jarred his nerves. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z You know this, because there’s a battery-powered clock on your bedroom wall that ticks so loudly you sometimes have to smother it with a pillow. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As the clock ticks closer and closer to midnight, I watch Will, fast asleep on the other side of my laptop screen, his face calm, peaceful. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I see myself leaning over the stainless-steel sink in the back room, scrubbing a large Labrador retriever with flea shampoo and plucking fat ticks from her skin, while she shook and whimpered a little. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s not till I get to the very bottom that I find a loudly ticking black briefcase, a white Post-it Note on top with Quinton’s handwriting. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The table feels shorter and shorter with each tick of the clock. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z After he had harvested the bits that were longest—and farthest away from her claws—Osh spent a moment plowing through her remaining fur, yanking ticks as he found them. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The play was like a clock, every word spoken was another tick of the second hand. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z One of her brown eyebrows ticks up, but she nods. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I hadn’t forgotten how gratifying it could be to tick through the minutiae of a shopping list. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z On top of his other responsibilities, Barack lived with a ticking clock, one that incessantly reminded him of the minutes and hours remaining before the March primary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Tonight, I am listening to the rain fall, listening to the wind whistle, to Shirley’s breaths and Jimmie’s snores, to Juanita’s tossing and turning, and to the tick tick tick of the clock. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It’s a waste,” Ava said, ticking her tongue against her teeth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It ticks like a clock; time is inside it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Cooling down after its long drive, the car ticked and hissed and settled contentedly on its frame. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The clock ticks with its pendulum, keeping time; my feet in their neat red shoes count the way down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes in their bulging sockets ticked up and down, trying to understand the specter of this huge white man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept waking up through the night, listening for the tick, staring at the glowing hands. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z With every minute that ticks by, Max and I are in bigger and bigger trouble. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The shop was perfectly quiet, save for the sound of the clock ticking on the wall and a fly caught in a spider’s web strung across a grimy windowpane. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Winnie wandered restlessly about her room, sat in her rocker, lay on her bed, counted the ticks of the hall clock. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Every minute that ticks off the clock feels like a belt tightening around my gut. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There was silence, save for the slow ticking of a large clock on a white wall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, here’s the thing,” Citra repeated, like it was a nervous tick. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There are pyramids of imported chocolates, an ice cream counter, aisles and aisles of fancy cookies and canned gourmet food, ticking away like little clocks toward the obsolescence dates stamped on their packages. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I let her enfold me, but my mind ticks around the sprouting idea. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He just knew the seconds were ticking away and to look at it would only make the tension worse. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The two men stood facing each other as Sheriff Clark ticked off the seconds. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The dialogue spoken onstage no longer sounded like words but like the last ticks of a dying clock winding down. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With unvarying regularity, seconds were ticked off, and at the hundredth, up went the eyelids, and the glowing red of Robbie’s eyes swept the prospect. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z It was quiet except for the whirring of the machines, the beeping, the dripping, the ticking of the big clock on the wall. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Finally, they got to their block, and with a creak, push, tick tick, psst, it was time for Hazel to get off. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Then he took a couple of nips from his silver flask, and we napped awhile as the insects buzzed and ticked and the dappled shade shifted around us. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The black American today shows us the perfect parasite image—the black tick under the delusion that he is progressing because he rides on the udder of the fat, three-stomached cow that is white America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z All I can hear are the ticking of seconds, each one a notch in the 135. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “I know why I’m here, but who’d you tick off to get sent out here?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Except the days keep ticking by, and I still haven’t handled it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “I am so excited. But a tick ready to pop? Gross...No...Ew.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It was so quiet I could hear a clock ticking in another room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He waved me over to their table, and although he’d ignored me all day yesterday, his interest now kind of ticked me off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She waited as the minutes ticked by, eyes scanning the crowd. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He missed the reassuring tick of the rasping old clock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He watched his mother as she patched his father’s overalls with a piece of ticking. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad and I check the departure times on a board that changes by flipping numbers and making this ticking noise. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom had to put in extra hours at the nursing home, and Dad was pretty ticked off. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The last and biggest Time Suck clambered down from the clock tower with Mr. Flux himself stuck on its back like a tick. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The house was silent except for the popping of the applewood in the fire, and the tall clock ticking in the front room. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Being around her—aware that the seconds were ticking away to her leaving too—made things worse. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I stand inside, waiting as the minutes tick by. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They had been going for an hour when they heard behind them a rhythmic thudding, like the ticking of a gigantic clock. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z From time to time Harry thought, or perhaps imagined, that he could feel the tiny heartbeat ticking irregularly alongside his own. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The combination of faded blue overall cloth and gray-and-white-striped ticking looked odd. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo’s eyes opened wide, for there in front of him was a large dog with a perfectly normal head, four feet, and a tail—and the body of a loudly ticking alarm clock. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z I would tick off each staging of the narrative, every known turn and counter-turn. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of his pencil scratching against paper is as methodical and precise as the ticking of the clock in the corner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Ticks and mosquitoes were indefatigable and present in huge numbers; the ticks were worse than the mosquitoes, Stirling remarked, because they had to be dug out of the flesh with a knife. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In bed, the pressure of the bed slats through the straw tick felt good against the boy’s body. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the living room of the old house it was cool, and a grandfather clock ticked high and long and bronzed in one corner. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard the hum of the refrigerator and the ticking of the clock. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He tapped some more with his pen, as loudly as the ticking of the grandfather clock, and finally gathered all four together, arranged them neatly, and handed them back to Turner. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Everywhere they go they are like a magician-made clock with hands the same size so you can’t figure out what time it is, but you can hear the ticking, tap, snap. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She was peacefully sticking on it a new ticking. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The maids moved softly around her, padding to and fro from their ticking. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In the sink the high white foam cooled and ticked as the bubbles burst. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She also used to say a watched dock don’t tick, and I was definitely watching the clock. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My third week on-island is ticking by and a migraine takes me out for two days. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But no one seemed to have noticed her glance any more than the ticking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And he was holding the kitchen timer, which is a big plastic tomato sliced through the middle, and he twisted it and it started ticking. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The statute of limitations ticks itself out, day by day, all memory of the crime being washed away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His bedroom with its hawk eyes and books and ticking clock. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Above the mantel, a little bronze Hermes flew around the second hand of a ticking dock. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I ticked off the months on my fingers. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “And Cotton had two ticks on him,” Howard was saying. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Beads clicking in time with my steps, like a clock ticking in my ears. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Then I’ll bathe him and get the ticks off him and teach him tricks and let him sleep in the bed with me.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z They listened to the clatter of their decrepit refrigerator and the ticking clock on the wall. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z There’s a pause, and the sound of my labored breath fills my ears, heartbeat keeping time to the seconds ticking by. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z At the corner, Milton put the blinker on and it ticked, counting the seconds down to our eventual departure. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z You could hear the tick of the kitchen clock. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Dad’s head turned from shoulder to shoulder like the ticking second hand of the clock in the dining room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Slowly the minutes and hours of Friday tick by, then it’s Saturday, and our last day with Shiloh. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z An old-fashioned glass clock with a twelve-hour face was ticking away on the mantelpiece. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Bilbo was busy: writing invitations, ticking off answers, packing up presents, and making some private preparations of his own. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He lay and watched his birthday tick nearer, wondering if the Dursleys would remember at all, wondering where the letter writer was now. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z A wonderful old feather tick was rolled up and wrapped in canvas and put away in a huge trunk. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The seconds ticked by; the game progressed with apathy now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "Mosquitoes tormented me," he remembered, "whining round my head in a continuous swarm: I swatted and cursed them, and one by one the minutes ticked away." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Another year ticked by in a single hour, and dawn waiting beyond the far bank of the river. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The seconds are ticking away far faster than they’re supposed to. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Moments tick by, our hands clasped, electricity jolting wildly through me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z We also had Auntie Buzz’s old car, which ticked us all off. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The referee blew his whistle, the clock started to tick, and Lake Windsor’s big center snapped the ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was so quiet that you noticed the ticking of the clock at once. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He tried to go to sleep, but as the minutes ticked by, his mind got restless. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z She kissed the tips of his ears, and then she left and Edward spent the day staring out at Egypt Street, listening to the tick of his watch and waiting. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I hear my mother’s breathing, and the ticking of the clock. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The minutes were ticking by more slowly than usual. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Though the track was somewhat soggy that day, Seabiscuit had been capable of ticking off miles in 1:36 throughout his career with Smith. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The blue tick hound was like the Pritchards, mean and ugly. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When he ticked off the names of friends he grew up with, it was a litany of trouble: one was an alcoholic and divorced at twenty, with a child and no job. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Our instinct is to regard time as eternal, absolute, immutable–nothing can disturb its steady tick. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I can feel the clock ticking away, but stop for just a few moments to stuff pockets with food and first-aid supplies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You asked about my knee earlier, and I didn’t say a whole lot, but after all of those stairs, my sit-down timer is ticking. And we got one more set to get up.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z And if there had been a clock on the island, it would have ticked off exactly three seconds before he lost consciousness and went down hard in the sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Miss Maggie made a sound like Mouse did when we pulled ticks off her neck. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The clock was ticking steadily, the darkness was complete. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d say St. Jerome’s Church ticks all those boxes, wouldn’t you? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Naw, I just slept up there. Had a bed tick with straw in it and changed it every spring I haven’t always lived in the luxury you see me in now.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Fine, fine, she’s not cute. What are you so ticked off about, anyway? I’m the one who’s supposed to be sore, you know.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z By such means, of course, does nature tick along. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “You have until Sunday to make up your mind. Time is ticking by.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The list of diseases and their insect carriers, or vectors, includes typhus and body lice, plague and rat fleas, African sleeping sickness and tsetse flies, various fevers and ticks, and innumerable others. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Because these were pieces, I carefully recorded each entry using an ink I'd made from the crushed bodies of ticks and mosquitoes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z On the mantelpiece an ornate gold clock with a domed glass front ticks loudly. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “It was originally discovered in the town of Lyme, Connecticut, not too far from here. You catch it from tick bites. The woods are full of ticks this year.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He imagined the fleas and ticks crawling from the dog onto him, and it made him itchy. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She layered blue ticking triangles in a stack. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But even as I was ticking off all the things I had to do today, I knew calling Auggie wasn’t going to be one of them. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z You have every right to be ticked off at the adults of Chokecherry. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z But the Deville sits in the gravel, ticking like a time bomb. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It is the seventeenth of June; my alarm clock ticks 2:00, 2:30 a.m. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The moments of suspense ticked by for what seemed ages until Matthias managed to squeeze past the serpent’s head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He ticks his finger in the space between her and him. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Even Dad sits down one evening and gets out every tick Shiloh’s got on him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A red needle ticked along the edges as it spun, making a cheerful clattering noise, then slowly the wheel came to a stop. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Madam wore a groove in the floor pacing back and forth awaiting news of the final British victory, her footsteps tipping and tapping in measure with the ticking of the clock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m ticked off that he even got me thinking about such nonsense as Broadway. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z No less arresting is Lyme disease, which comes from the bite of a tiny deer tick. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The grandfather clock ticked time away in the upstairs hallway. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This explained the mechanics of HeLa’s immortality: telomerase constantly rewound the ticking clock at the end of Henrietta’s chromosomes so they never grew old and never died. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I study the time on Mom’s old watch—she was wearing it when her car sailed off the cliff two years ago, killing her on impact—as it ticks around my wrist. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z From the forest came the monotonous tick of a beetle. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I remember sitting at my desk in school, last period of the last class of the last day, and waiting for the minute hand to tick along until the bell rang. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The office was small; a little waiting area with padded folding chairs, orange-flecked commercial carpet, notices and awards cluttering the walls, a big clock ticking loudly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z You coil up and tighten your muscles and listen, knuckles hard, the pulse ticking in your head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear the ticking of a plastic clock. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Jody pulled a swollen tick out of Mutt’s neck and popped it dead between his thumbnails. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept her eyes on the scissors as she cut up a piece of blue ticking. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z And that fading snapshot on her sill, the kid in the swing, the clock in the frame ticking away. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Mom waits a tick, then asks, “How do you mean?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Time is ticking and her opponent is good. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z For several minutes, the only sound in the classroom is pencils scratching against paper, and the ticking of the clock on the wall. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Someone saw him wrapping up an alarm clock in a towel and burying it in the straw of a filly’s stall, letting her get used to the ticking. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered whose bed it was and lifted up the blanket and saw only mattress ticking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Casually, I tick through the papers in my satchel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Well, what was I supposed to do—*it there while the period ticked away? Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z The tick of the chess clock was the only sound heard. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He absorbed my worries, listened as I ticked off every financial obligation I had, and affirmed that he, too, was excited to have children. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And even though he was good at ticking, he said spinning and sliding were his specialties back in the day, and that the crowd always went crazy when he did a split. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A few heavy moments of silence ticked by. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Blinking and ticking like a cosmic metronome, pulsars keep far better time than the most accurate ordinary clock. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A clock ticked somewhere in the house, counting down life’s moments. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “We need you to keep time. This egg-timer ticking is driving me crazy.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Fifths of a second ticked off with precision in his head; Woolf timed his horses’ rallies so precisely that he regularly won races with heart- stopping, last-second dives. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even when his visitor’s band lifted the tent flap, the silent drops coursed down his nose and fell on the parchment with regular ticks, like an ancient clock. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She carried the broadax and the feather tick, loaded them on the wagon and then helped Ben and Old Rit up on the seat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Was that why he had told them about the ticks and made rules against venturing into the woods? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But in Fenoglio's kitchen it was so quiet you could hear the tick of the clock on the wall by the window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The cupboards held soft towels and sheets with a ticking stripe. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The boy looked ticked off for a moment, then a smile grew. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z And he looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z It really ticks him off when they don’t. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z I take a look around the train station, feeling like I'm up against a ticking clock, when a riddle interrupts my thoughts. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Richardson ticked off the box for an “informational” copy and filled in Pearl’s name and birth date, along with Mia’s name. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z That’s how long Booth and Herold have been in the swamp, scratching at wood ticks, shivering under thin, damp wool blankets, and eating the one meal a day provided by Thomas Jones. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Needles smiled, and ticked a little, his left arm jerking just enough for the yarn to slip off the needle. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The room is silent except for the clock ticking on the mantel, the sound of sweeping and the clink of china pieces as my father drops them in the metal trash tin. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad's giving me the third degree, major interrogation, and it really ticks me off. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could get killed! I mean really killed, not bitten by a tick. Grandpa made those rules for a reason!” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Trotting behind them was a blue- ticked she dog that I always figured was one of Bell’s pups. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she had heard it, too, that soft, harmless ticking, nothing but a tongue clicking against someone's teeth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m gonna hit the tick,” Dad said, turning to go. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I’d loved it—until things got worse and its ticking sounded more like dark footsteps coming up behind me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She could tick them off—lazy, vengeful, lustful, unsatisfied, greedy, ambitious. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But I am only in bed with Helena, still in my dress, the stove making little ticking sounds as it cools. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Sigurd’s icy eyes ticked over each of the people facing him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z My watch’s ticking was louder than my heartbeat. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me cite what all happened this school year alone ...” “Just skip it,” my mother said, sounding a little angry like when people at work tick her off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He rolled close to his little brother and tucked the edge of the coverlet under his body to keep out the cold that seeped up through the straw ticking. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her watch is sitting there ticking loud as a clock. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The pitch of the metallic whine coming through the walls increased in intensity as each minute ticked on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She rested her palm against her forehead, and heard another tick as the building shrank tighter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I woke once and heard the snow ticking thick and soft on the tent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As the minutes ticked off, little girls clasped their daddies’ necks, lovers hugged as though the embrace had to last through all eternity, and an old woman got teary-eyed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z For about ten long seconds there was no sound but the rhythmic tick tick tick of the water dripping from Charles’s sodden clothes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Bigger heard a clock ticking somewhere behind him and he had a foolish impulse to look at it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The clock on the wall ticked its way closer to one A.M. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z My eyes ticked to the corner of the vestibule, the wall space next to the grandfather clock, above the umbrella stand. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z For a long time he looks for matches and finally finds some in a can, wrapped in a bit of ticking. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The one being groomed lay down, eyes closed in ecstasy, as another searched for dirt and ticks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I ticked through the whole long register of my disaffections, hit all the ready categories. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If I'm sad or ticked off or wound up about something, I usually feel better if I head for the water. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The only movement within the circus is the clock that ticks by the passing minutes, if such a wonder of sculpture can even be called a clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Tell time, take a licking, and keep on ticking,” Fern sang. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She hated removing ticks, and claimed my father was no good at it and would leave the heads under the skin to become infected. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He barely made a sound, ticking off every mile back down the mountain until they were parked on the side of the road, the woods barely visible in the distance. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But from your point of view, all your clocks would be ticking away normally. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He must’ve gotten eaten up by all the mosquitoes and ticks and ants. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I shot back, ticked off that he was making this difficult. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z They hadn’t let Teresa in, which ticked him off just as much as it did her. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Seth examined his sleeves for ticks, scrutinizing the camouflage pattern. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He ticked off a number of items on a checklist. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The clock on the mantel is a Herr Thiessen creation, adorned with tiny books flipping through their pages as the seconds tick toward three o’clock in the morning. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I drew out my pocket watch and counted the minutes as they ticked by. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I imagine that while all this is going on, a large tick is being scratched into the stone next to the name of Gavin Rose. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A Russian official ticked off the charges against her. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Although time is ticking away, I allow myself a few minutes to sit in the kitchen. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside on the pavement she paused, looking at her list and ticking off what she had bought. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “I haven’t smoked in three years. A couple of months back here, and voila. Every bad habit I had, back on me like a tick.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I can see even Caesar’s professionalism showing some cracks as he tries to quiet them so I can speak, but my three minutes are ticking quickly away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I heard the watch on Maxim’s wrist ticking close to my ear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A pulse ticked in her neck, and she wondered if he could see that, too. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Here are the rules,” he said, ticking them off on his gnarled fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It is a barely visible eight-legged creature belonging to the group that includes spiders, scorpions, and ticks. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The clock by the gates ticks off the minutes later and later, the ornaments upon it twirling and shifting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Rit said she wasn’t going to leave without her feather tick and Ben said she couldn’t take it with her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Divide by a number and you undo the multiplication: a tick mark that had been stretched to a new place on the number line resumes its original position. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Downstairs the doorbell rang, and moments later, just discernible, the rapid tick of high heels on the tiled floor of the hallway. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Wine glows sleepily in Werners stomach and sleet ticks down through the lindens when Frederick’s mother announces that they are going out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But none of us had thought to follow the woman, and as the seconds kept ticking on, it became like we were agreeing, without speaking, about how we now saw the situation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t lower his gaze, no matter how many silent seconds ticked by. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was ticked off about the Keisha comment, Genie could tell. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Every tick and tremble was a towering throng haint lying, in wait. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I could hear the ticking of the hall clock through the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Dari was supposed to be there already, and the minutes kept ticking by, and fluttery panic bloomed in my chest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Something decorative and permanent and occasionally useful, yes, but I found it dull and quiet work, suitable for a rainy day with only the monotonous ticking of the parlor clock for company. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The clock in his head was still ticking down. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only react once we realize the clock is ticking.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z So, yeah, I have a terrible stepdad, and I don't have a phone, and sometimes when we're out of dish soap, I wash my hair with flea and tick shampoo. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes he stopped and waited, letting the minutes tick away as he planned his next progression, gliding like a cloud’s shadow cast upon the ground by the moon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Before it begins to tick, the pendulum swinging steadily and evenly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her eyes had ticked right when she mentioned it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z In the area, there were two small primary schools, a general store, and a dipping tank to rid the cattle of ticks and diseases. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had an intuitive feeling for what made the horseless carriages tick. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next several years, he sat there, day after day, looking out over the lake, listening to the clock tick, waiting for the telephone to ring, hoping some business would materialize. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z American seconds tick on top of her pulse point. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I heard something else: my heart thumping, blood pumping in my ears, the distant tick of the clock in the hallway downstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the blue tick hound heard the noise. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor did the clock make any of the whirring, ticking sounds it usually made as it ran, its hands now frozen solidly in place. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I had been dressed in a sheath, striped gray and white, like mattress ticking, with a wide, shiny red belt, and they had propped me up in an armchair. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “I also have some unfortunate news. We are in the height of tick season. You kids ever hear of Lyme disease?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But he was also curious about the things that made all human beings tick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The tick took of the clock was gone, and Hazel missed it like her own heartbeat. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z As the clock ticked toward zero, neither could find enough time or open space to take a clean shot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Malik’s jaw ticks as he looks straight into the school. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The dock kept ticking in the other room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He listened to his watch tick “She won’t phone back,” he said. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Specify’s hindquarters neared, and Woolf pulled back a tick on his left rein to give Seabiscuit clear sailing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But what I do know is that Mr. Rufus can tick with the best of them. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Finally she hears the door across the hall tick open and feet brush the boards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Well, I mean, technically yes, but I feel like a native already. The—uh—the A train was running local this morning, and it really ticked me off.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I knew that was going to tick him off but he was out to diss me and it wasn’t going to happen. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z On the morning of July 6, 1865, the clock began ticking on one of the most dramatic events in the history of Washington, the climactic event of the manhunt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A time bomb was ticking at the heart of their outwardly placid, inwardly unstable little family universe, and he was afraid. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For a long time, I listened in silence to the steady ticking of her kitchen clock. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside my head, for as long as I could remember, there had always been a sense of time ticking steadily. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The others look at me with an isn’t-she-adorable kind of expression, which ticks me off. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He turned the radio up a tick and let the music be the only sound in the car until they pulled into the school parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “All that did was tick him off! Wood came home with the blackest eye I’ve ever seen. And a busted lip. And he was limpin’.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It ticked Candice off, but only for a second, because with him out of the way, she could pick out the books she wanted without him judging her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So far he had not seen a single tick. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As the miles ticked by on those rural roads, the more convinced I became that this man was going to be very disappointed to see me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Some of those watermen are pretty ticked off. I suppose anything could happen.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The house settled into an eerie postmortem quiet broken only by the hiss of gas lamps and the weary tick of clocks. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She ticked the outcomes off on her fingers. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to have this conversation,” Mr. Barris says once the ticking becomes insufferable. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The boy’s eyes ticked back and forth among the three of them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I was ticked at myself for not saving some of the rainwater we’d bailed from the boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They lived in cedar slat huts lit by oil lamps and slept on straw-filled ticks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The third night, the blue ticks were tied by two black and tan hounds from the bayou country of Louisiana. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She must have looked ticked off when she got on the bus because Park didn't say hi when she sat down. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Black men are the only men likely to tick “all,” but some don’t even tick Black. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The mayor ticked off the reasons on his fingers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z These were the only sounds then, the ticking of Maxim’s watch and Jasper licking his foot on the floor beside me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And then there is the good old AT, still quietly ticking along after six decades, unassuming, splendid, faithful to its founding principles, sweetly unaware that the world has quite moved on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z "Ali, as soon as I spun around, Needles had a tick." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Marly was glad for the silence and the warmth; it was cozy to sit with Mother in the night with the clock ticking and ticking and the fire crackling and the kettle slowly steaming. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I found a hatchet, broken crockery, a barrel of wormy flour, a mildewy straw tick, a ball of twine, but no rope. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She shook the clock to see if it would tick, which triggered a violent explosion. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At night, a Lithuanian lab assistant slept next to the camera on a cot, listening to its constant tick, making sure it stayed stable through the night, waking every hour to refocus it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z This would really tick off the agent, because they assumed refugees were liars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Now one clock was set in motion, a faint ticking. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Time was at a standstill, except for the relentless ticking of the wall clock. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Every tick of his stopwatch takes more than a second from a stationary observer’s point of view. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even with his weighted blanket, the ticking clock, and the hawk’s eyes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Only when I sat in the tub did I wish my Timex wasn’t so reliable or the ticking so steady. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bet your mother’s really ticked off,” he said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In order to get them away from ticks, the cattle had been taken down to the lowlands. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Now here they stood, thwarted, while precious seconds ticked away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Better established is Lyme disease, caused by a spirochete that we get from the bite of ticks carried by mice and deer. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Returning to Washington to begin our final year in the White House, we knew the clock was ticking now in earnest. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z On that thirtieth day, Grace had huddled in bed and watched the clock tick down. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Is your mom still ticked off at me?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The ticking often begins with a derogatory comment, which can spark an explosion. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z To the comfort of his own house, with his own room, and the hawk’s eyes on his walls, and the ticking clock. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z From inside the cabinet, the clock ticked on and on. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z On my left a blue tick hound lay tom and bleeding. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Jasper Jr. hadn’t heard him because he was too busy messing with me, and now his father was seriously ticked off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She looked down at her legs, parted on the rough ticking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Which meant he needed to bring Trina into the picture before another ten minutes ticked off the clock. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Every minute spent in Sophia’s company, my stock ticks up a couple notches. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "He has ticks sometimes," I reminded my dad. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The sound of his pencil scratching against paper is as methodical and precise as the ticking of the clock in the corner. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Dad got ticked off and said that if I wasn’t going to team up with him, the least I could do was stake him some pool-shooting money. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The ticking of the clock seemed to taunt her, as if it was marking out the time she had left. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The calico slipped out of its knot; I pushed back the layers of muslin and uncovered a rainbow of patches—ticking and shirt cloth, gingham and calico, in faded blues and greens and yellows. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The tick had for some years been resistant to arsenical dips. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My little bedside clock ticked out the minutes one by one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Watch me tease Chubs for being the first and only one to get bitten by a tick. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I hate this, hate insomnia more than anything, just lying there, brain going round, tick, tick, tick, tick. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “It said I was obese. When I stepped on the console, the little guy that was supposed to be me on the screen blew up like a tick.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The little clock ticked on the mantelpiece, and the boys played tennis in the garden. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was the clock ticking on the wall that brought me to reality again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He was ticking past horses one by one, watching them waver and fail as his colt powered by. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Zeitoun knew the rhythmic ticking of the nurse’s cart like his own heartbeat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Fat droplets ticked off the edge, spreading and dispersing like drops of ink in the clear water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The shower deepened the calm of the woods, ticked through the new leaves, lightly wetted the seeds sheltered in the earth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z His parents’ grandfather clock still ticked away after all these years with a maniacal endurance. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He sighed, glanced at his father to see if he had heard above the ticking of the clock, and settled in to write about seeking divinity. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The watch ticked for a long time, very loudly in the captain’s ears. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The clock on the cabinet was ticking off the last few seconds to seven o'clock. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The wheel ticked merrily along, then slowed and finally stopped. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I held him down and had Mama hand me a stick with a coal of fire on it, so I could burn off three big bloated ticks that I found inside one of his ears. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z An example of a carcinogen belonging to the group of new, organic pesticides is a chemical widely used against mites and ticks. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In business, you always learn about your clients, who they are, what makes them tick. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He wondered about this i good deal as the first slow half-hour ticked on. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He began ticking with a variety of internal tremors. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I could hear the ticking of the clock on the wall, the one with the picture of the Pope leaning on his staff. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z With every minute that ticked by, Barry felt more helpless and terrified. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z I force myself into a sprint as the seconds tick away. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Imagine that the number line is a rubber band with tick marks on it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She only wished there wasn’t a giant, invisible timer lording over her family, ticking down to when they would inevitably move again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She ticked off her stepmother’s checklist one by one. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But the booklet—the laws—I tick through again—they are gone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “My family has impeccable liberal credentials, we’ve ticked all the right boxes,” Paula said, lips turned down in irony, twirling the stem of her empty wineglass. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I’d taken it along in case I needed to prove who I was, but as a minute ticked by, then two, it seemed less and less likely that I would need it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Dozens of watches ticked away in the counter behind the cash register. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Every minute that ticked by felt like another nail in Miss Peregrine’s coffin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Against the walls were eight bunks, five of them made up with blankets and the other three showing their burlap ticking. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z It had maybe twenty years1 worth of dust on the rim, but the second hand ticked out just fine: 5 seconds to go, 4, 3 ... Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “But you lied to us! Being afraid of ticks is a lame reason to stay out of the woods! I just thought you were treating us like babies.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He waves at a line of large wooden crates along the wall, though if one of them is ticking it is impossible to tell. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A thin, metal film descended over his glowing eyes and from within his body came a steady, resonant ticking. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He buried himself deep in his side of the straw tick; he felt where the wooden slats of the bed crossed under his body. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was still ticked off because I wasn’t starting but I figured that once I got to play in a game things would turn around. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z It was ticking, faster and faster, almost like a countdown. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Every shadow inside the stable seemed to grow longer as the seconds ticked by, moonlight trickling through gaps between the roof’s wooden planks. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was a pretty even-tempered guy, but that slight movement was a clue—he was royally ticked off. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Midnight ticked nearer as they heaved Norbert up the marble staircase in the entrance hall and along the dark corridors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z My grandfather ticks through the recipes with a critical eye, then pulls one out. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z Raymie could hear the sunburst clock in the kitchen, ticking slowly, methodically. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z And in between these false alarms, for what seemed hours and hours, the clock ticked on and one big fly—high up and far out of reach—buzzed against the window. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z But their services lasted even longer, and often W.E. would have to run in and get the old man out of his service while the taxi meter impatiently ticked away. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She should be stuffed into the ticking along with the bits of rag, stitched shut to hide her visible lumps and moving parts. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Cars splash along streets, and snowmelt drums through runnels; she can hear snowflakes tick and patter through the trees. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The wintery trees clacked their branches, ticking and moaning. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z As they carried me with my toes just barely ticking the asphalt, Miss Hall pulled up in her car. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Anything times zero is zero, so all the tick marks are at zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z My booms and ticks were a little off, probably because I was just so...I don't know. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z "Needles sometimes has a tick. Don't want you to put a bald spot in his head. That wouldn't be cool." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Seven ticked each point off on her fingers. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a ticking like the sound of a clock, yet not quite the same, it sounded like a human tongue imitating a clock: tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I could hear mine, ticking away inside my pocket, even though nobody could see it, even though it could tell nothing if anyone could. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of hair- spray and perfume, of cheap cigars, and the slow ticking of watches. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Adults are always trying to figure out what makes kids tick. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Arm, whose mind had been seared by the hatred of the vlei people, felt the scars drop off like so many bloated ticks. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z As Matthew Stirling and his team were dodging ticks and unearthing stelae in Tres Zapotes, they found a cache of fifteen upside-down pottery bowls tucked into the ground six feet below the surface. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I can almost see the hands ticking around the twelve-sectioned face of the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The walls flicked from black to blue to black to blue as he ticked through the TV channels, one after another after another. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z She ticked the list off on her fingers before she stopped and narrowed her eyes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And just like that, she could barely remember the word at all—and was only aware of a pulsing sensation in her skull, like the ticking of a clock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Fern skipped some and walked some and kept saying the words to the Timex commercial but in her own rhythm: “It takes a licking and it keeps on ticking.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I tick off each quality in my mind as he says it—fear, low intelligence, dishonesty, aggression, selfishness. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He couldn’t tell you when he started noticing, though, just like he doesn’t know when he started ticking off the days of Henry’s moods. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Migrants tick off the states they have passed—and the many they still have to go. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z With the clock ticking down to the primary, Malia and I hardly saw him at all, though he called us every evening to say good night. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He was tapping his pen in rhythm with the ticking of the clock. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The steady ticking of a watch in a quiet room crashed like torture against his unshielded brain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They also knew that there was a string of DNA at the end of each chromosome called a telomere, which shortened a tiny bit each time a cell divided, like time ticking off a clock. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Will held the watch in his hand and looked down at the white face, the black roman numerals, and the skinny second hand ticking forward in a steady, jerking beat. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z We walked around the woods between our houses and emerged covered in ticks and scratches to eat lunch, and then we dove back in. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He heard a clock tick and the far-off rattle of dishes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But that’s not fair, to put others in the hospital at risk of me, the ticking time bomb. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It just felt strange, my Timex ticking and me having nothing to do. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He even pulled all the ticking out the mattress from their bed and added it to the pile of confusion he was building in the center of the room. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The veins in her scrawny neck were popping out, she was so ticked off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The seconds ticked by, and I had almost forgotten her presence, I was so enveloped in my thoughts. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I heard seconds tick by on my watch as I waited for the bonobos to decide what to do with me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I pushed back my sweater sleeve, glad to have a ticking second hand I could rely on. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She only wished there wasn’t a giant, invisible timer lording over her family, ticking down to when they would inevitably move again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The clock is ticking toward midnight, the harlequin juggler at the top balancing eleven balls amongst the twinkling stars and moving pieces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z All the while, Hazel was aware of the time ticking by. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Each moving in its unique way, but keeping the same harmonious rhythm, a symphony of carefully ordered ticking. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The Nursery clock ticked loudly from the mantelpiece. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The bolt took one side of the ticking patch with it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In one corner an imposing grandfather clock ticks loudly, and when it chimes the hour, I nearly slide off in surprise. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The ghost bird twittered and the clock ticked. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Likewise, multiplying by one-half is like relaxing the rubber band a bit: the tick mark at two is now at one, and the tick mark at three winds up at one and a half. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The kitchen clock flashed its pendulum behind its glass skirt, and it ticked like a little wooden hammer striking on an empty wooden box. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She moved toward the sound, the ticks marking out her steps, and she realized it was coming from the clearing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She looked back at Luna and pictured the mechanism inside that girl—rhythmically ticking its way toward her thirteenth birthday, as even and inexorable as a well-tuned clock. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He was going to tick on a form that his client was willing to be removed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He might have no windows to attest to it, but he had a watch, ticking steadily. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z November was mere months away; the clock was ticking. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z That bands would perform and young people would be dressed up on national TV showing off their booms and ticks. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I dig through countless beat-up folders and old notebooks, searching for anything that might tick. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “No machine,” he said, “when it’s been crushed to powder, puts itself together again and ticks, but those dry bones rose up and marched and how they marched. Why?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Taking in the tick and creak of Lincoln’s chair as he slowly lowered himself from tilt. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z A high-pitched, gold clock in a glass case ticked very fast on the mantelpiece. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And that means the man is on you like a tick, you caint get away from him no matter where you go. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I was so ticked off at Digger I could barely stand to look at him. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z It was a dirty white in color and speckled all over with blue spots about the size of cow ticks. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Moths fluttered from under the men’s feet, and a few ticks brushed off the bushes to quest for food. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But I was depressed by what it represented—the hours measured, the boredom of inmates and irritation of officers, the ticking of the clock, the niggling accountability. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The three of us listen to Big Ben ticking toward five o'clock. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They’re the same names, but next to them, there’s also a tick scratched in, obviously for each time I completed what I had to do. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z My eyes travel to the clock on my nightstand as another minute ticks by. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Percy wished he could figure out what made this guy tick, but he’d never been able to. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There was only the hushed sound of their breathing, and, from somewhere in the room, the ticking of a clock, which must have been hidden by books. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Ivy watched the lime-green alarm clock on June’s bedside table tick over to 9:33. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Bits of truly unusable fabric shoved into a ticking shroud. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He said that snakes couldn’t help being snakes, and that Campbell, who could help being what he was, was something much lower than a snake or a rat—or even a blood-filled tick. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The second hand made an echoing sound when it ticked. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I could feel it ticking in my hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I sat on the kitchen floor and watched the hours tick by. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Even at that young age, Luna possessed a mechanical mind, and was able to construct little machines that whirred and ticked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I ticked my tongue against my teeth and gave Coach the bar, the metal clinking against his wedding ring. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z As the minutes ticked by, he could hear guard dogs sniffing at the car. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I tick through the contents, suddenly conscious of the Jim Crow booklet I stole from the library. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The clock ticks heavily through the pause that follows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The ticking of the big clock became so loud that President Washington and President Lincoln, who occupied the wall space to either side of it, exchanged a look of shared displeasure. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He ticks his list, and the other Gestapo follow him out the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Teapots that pour into teacups and minuscule curls of steam that rise from them as the seconds tick. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He finished as the grandfather clock ticked to twenty-six minutes, and he handed the paper across his father’s desk. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Except for the low tick of the wall clock and June’s soft breathing, the room was quiet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It marks both time and astrological movements as it ticks steadily through the afternoon. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He dropped the ball and proceeded to pick the feathers out of the shuttlecock, distastefully, as though removing ticks from a dog. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As the afternoon sped by and the clock ticked down to airtime, Welles became more frenzied. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z But for some reason its faithful tick and accurate hands stopped dead at the exact moment of the blast—10:22. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll never understand how a girl who loves tornadoes and hurricanes and floods could be scared of a little tick.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The noise of the approaching crowds outside seemed to tick up a notch, and Mark knew he was out of time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The old-fashioned clock with the twelve-hour face was ticking away on the mantelpiece. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z It was as if a clock had begun to tick again. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Long after Dovid and Haskel had gone to bed that night, I lay awake, listening to the leaden tick of the brass clock. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I look at the stone in disbelief, as the name Gavin Rose is still naked and alone in the tick department. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z His wife became more and more tearful as the minutes ticked away. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was speckled with white spots, as hard as a rock, a biological bomb ticking with hot agent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact is, I already thought of that, but hearing him say it out loud makes the concern that much more real, and it ticks me off. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The city’s murder rate was starting to tick upward—a sign of even more trouble to come. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were still screaming as Regis went through the motions of walking the ball down and watching the clock tick the time off. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Every few days Mrs. Sen would open up the yellow pages, dial a number that she had ticked in the margin, and ask if there was any whole fish available. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As each minute ticked by, her impatience with Mr. Wrigley grew and spread to the principal, to the entire world. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My mind ticked, twisting itself into knots with all the possibilities. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z What a mess I have made of his beautiful Games with the clever ticking clock and the field of victors. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a peaceful protest; orderly and insistent, like the ticking of a clock. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The anticipation of what he might find was strung tight in his belly; suddenly the tension snapped and hurled him into the empty room where the ticking of the clock behind the curtains had ceased. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I feel my knee lock and unlock like a nervous tick. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There’s a still, tight moment in the room with just the sound of the brown Timex clock ticking on the shelf. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Okay, serious now. Go ahead, ask me the tick question again. Or any other, any question at all.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He ticked the items off on his fingers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The seconds ticked by at half the speed of my thoughts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We pull up to the short line of cars waiting there, the right-turn blinker ticking into the silence. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “The vet gave her all her shots, a tick bath, checked for worms,” answered Nate. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She ticks off each thing on her fingers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The courtroom was so quiet that the ticking of a clock on the wall could be heard. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I had contrarily become something of a devotee of them because they are tough and give good protection against thorns, ticks, insects, and poison ivy—perfect for the woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I bet he’s full of ticks,” he said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The clocks ticked on, the fires crackled, the translucent candles dripped. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Longstreet ticked off die corps so far identified: five, counting the two involved in die first day’s action. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed resigned to the fact that I had a major talent for ticking off the gods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He says it into the night air without the ticking clock or the hawk’s eyes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She turned off the motor, and the humming stopped with a series of ticking sounds. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was full of ticking, like crickets in September grass, and I could hear a big clock on the wall above his head. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z For their clothing, they use “the closet”—a wire spring standing upright, from a mattress stripped of its ticking. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z There was something sane and comforting about the ticking of the clock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Finn’s stomach roiled and his eyelids ticked and the horseshoe burned over his heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The clock on the train must tick more slowly than the stationary clock. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Other than our chaos, it was so quiet on the block, you could almost hear the tick, tick, tick of the property values dropping as passersby took in the tableau of horror. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The seconds would tick by until finally the bull would sink to its knees in exhaustion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He ticks off the reasons on his fingers. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z But what’s love got to do with all that ticking, anyway? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I watched the hands on the clock tick around calmly. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He had to be careful; if they got the sense that he wanted them gone, they’d be stuck to him tight as ticks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry became aware of the locket against his skin; the thing inside it that sometimes ticked or beat had woken; he could feel it pulsing through the cold gold. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Methuselah sits puny and still in his avocado tree with his eyes ticking back and forth, unprepared for a new season of overwhelming freedom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the clock beyond the gates makes any motion, slowly ticking by the afternoon hours. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She and Jim used to go out with a Geiger counter and find rocks that ticked. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We were high-school seniors, and the clock was ticking: once out of high school all American males faced two years of compulsory military service. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Sirius held up his fingers and began ticking off names. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Sometimes he laughs to himself while doing this, or shakes his head, or makes ticking noises through his teeth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Now the crowd has thinned considerably in these hours past midnight as the clock ticks its way into All Hallows’ proper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There weren’t any emotions in its half-melted face, but I got the sense that it was about as ticked off as a twenty-story-tall metal warrior could be. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She runs off in the direction of the ticket booth while Bailey watches the clock tick closer to twelve. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I just sat staring out into the dark waiting as the slow hours ticked away. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the Jankburg in my grey pores, seeping out and ticking you off and getting in the way of your Oprah mind-set.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z George lifted his tick and looked underneath it. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Real slow and scary, my brain start ticking through the few facts she given me, what I know myself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They stay like this for some time, alongside the crackling of the fire and the ticking of the clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, they’re just ticked off at me because of the newspaper story. Did you see it?” he asked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “The question is”—I tried to read her face but I could not—-“what makes you tick?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He feels warm, and when I stroke him, I can feel places on his body where he has ticks. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “No tick, no knock. Nothing like that,” Mom said. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Four, three, two . “Oppenheimer, on whom had rested a very heavy burden, grew tenser as the last seconds ticked off,” remembered Farrell. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Reports issued early in the year 1949 declared that the arsenic-resistant ticks could be controlled readily with the new chemical; later in the same year, a bleak notice of developing resistance had to be published. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t tell my sister, either, because she’d get ticked off and start throwing stuff around her room. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Barris returns to his drafting table, scratching pencil and ticking clock in harmony once more. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The clock ticked again, then rang the hour. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If he was a squirrel and saw Crab coming, he’d be pretty ticked off. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In South Africa, for example, cattlemen had long been plagued by the blue tick, from which, on one ranch alone, 600 head of cattle had died in one year. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z No matter what I do, I catch myself glancing over at my computer screen, waiting for the Skype call to come in as the seconds tick by at a glacial pace. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z White men tick white women, and the braver ones tick Asian and Hispanic. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Their voices began as a low murmur indistinguishable from one another, and grew louder as the minutes ticked by. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The perfect timepiece ticks, and in that small space between seconds the fancy has turned to fact. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My sisters and Hirohito cheering and pushing and letting go and time not ticking but racing away. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She turns, but not hard enough for her blinker to stop ticking. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The clock ticked with empty urgency, as though trying to catch up with the time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent the morning bathing him and combing him and picking burrs out of his tail and ticks off of his ears. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Somewhere, from another room, he heard a clock ticking slowly and distinctly, as if the years, the centuries, were lost in that sound. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Wait a tick. I think I may have put it down over there.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She hadn’t heard from him in months, and was ticked that he had the nerve to expect her to drop everything and come running. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He talked a little more about the poor, abused door and what it meant and then ticked off an appropriate proverb. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The clock ticking in the hallway, the crackling on the phone line, the sound of the wind blowing through the open front door. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The clock on the wall suddenly seemed to tick louder. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z People became enthusiastic; and they began to tick off the days on the calendar; and they watched eagerly for the postman, hoping for invitations. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I see his eyes—both the live one and the dead one—in the numbers of the ticking clock, in the motivational posters on the walls. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z At two o’clock, by the clock that ticked on the mantel in the living room, he was ready to quit. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It ticked, but the face was splintered and the minute hand was bent. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Spit it out! The clock is ticking, fool!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The high sun streamed down on the dry creaking earth so that even the vegetation ticked in protest. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z If the ship were to travel at the speed of light, every tick of the clock on board would equal infinite seconds on the ground. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She’s shaking my shoulders, just like in my dream, except instead of John Williams’s score playing, there’s sirens in the background, again, and the tick of a coffee machine. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Grace and Wayne will be along, too,” she continued, ticking our neighbors off on her fingers. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I was alone on lookout duty as the seconds ticked away toward midnight. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He had woken her up often enough with that ticking sound, right beside her ear, so close that it tickled. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z A few minutes pass, the track rhythm sounding less waltz than clock, ticking out agonizing seconds of silence. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He heard a clock ticking and searched for it with his eyes; it was at the head of Mary’s bed, its white dial glowing in the blue darkness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The night that seemed endless hours before is now slipping from your fingers, ticking by as it falls into the past and pushes you toward the future. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Tom said with vast delight, ticking them off, “Lawrence, we got prisoners from the Fifteenth Alabama, the Forty- seventh Alabama, the Fourth and Fifth Texas. Man, we fought four Reb regiments!” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That morning I was an antipersonnel mine, a butterfly bomb, unexploded and ticking, and he touched the fuse. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It took nine separate burnings before the fire got down to the straw and cotton ticking of its insides. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, even though my heart had started to tick faster. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I watch them silently ticking and blink back the stinging tears. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Momma started ticking off the things that Byron called his Latest Fantastic Adventures. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ms. McCrea says her goodbyes, and we’re back to the starting lineup. It’s been a pretty slow lunch, and the shot clock is ticking.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Nina and the bald man sat, unspeaking, as the minutes ticked by, and when the hour on the clock chimed, he rose and kissed her hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Every night before he went to sleep, Harry ticked off another day on the piece of paper he had pinned to the wall, counting down to September the first. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Seconds ticked by before the pain registered, white-hot pain, a line of fire, blood that burned its way down her face and neck. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And the dog, his nose in the wind, just sat back, watchfully ticking. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The time was ticking down on his stopwatch, from sixty minutes to zero. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Timothy hadn’t quite figured out what was ticking inside the vast adult mechanism beside him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first few moments, I did not think about my situation, but as the seconds ticked away, I became more and more agitated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yedsha lifted a hand in the air and ticked off two fingers. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I got so much done with Mr. Keller and Annie on the house, but I haven't gone out there since last week—the clock’s ticking. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I humoured him: the watch ticked on: he breathed fast and low: I stood silent. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Each name elicited a tick on a list and a brief mnemonic stare from the teacher. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Was something—a biting fly, spider, tick, bee—something stinging or biting him inside the tight binding of his tikinagun? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I learned how to pull ticks from Miss Maggie’s flock and bathe the sheep in Wash Pond before the shearing. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z When I shake my head, she says, “We have plenty of ticking fabric in the sewing room. You can make it from that. Do you have a coat? Or a sweater?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Whoever told Booth about the president’s plan to attend the play that night had unknowingly activated in his mind an imaginary clock that began ticking down, minute by minute. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound of a ticking clock reverberated around the room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z In the darkness, his gloved fingers ticked off each point. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I couldn’t just lie there, awake, alone, my mind ticking over all those opportunities that I could take or leave, so I got up and got dressed and started walking. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He ticks off another list in his head. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After lunch, periods five and six went by in two ticks. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Something that loved and was beautiful and was cosmically and royally ticked off with what everyone was up to. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The old age of slavery overseas and a Parliament elected by only 3 percent of the English was ticking down to days, to hours, to minutes, to seconds. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z We’re back on platform nine and three-quarters and time has ticked on mercilessly. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z You can be oblivious to the sound for a long while, then in a second of ticking it can create in the mind unbroken the long diminishing parade of time you didn’t hear. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The dry earth was ticking under the sun and the crickets rasped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We wait, the clock in the hall ticks, Serena lights another cigarette, I get into the car. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in my room, I stare at the old alarm clock that ticks too loud at night. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The gears float back to the watch, settling into place until the watch is complete again, hands ticking the seconds forward as though nothing had happened. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Smith ticked off the seconds in his head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z December hits, and two nights before the game, I’m still nervous about Gavin Rose and that invisible tick on the stone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Woody brought in another army bunk and tick mattress, up next to Mama’s. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Off to one side was a room with rows of slot machines that were constantly clinking and ticking and flashing lights. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Lately, he does this thing where he looks down over the tip of his nose at me, and one corner of his mouth ticks up. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z For a moment, he lets his brain hope that if the time were ticking near the release, Byrd would have come to wake him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Of course, it would probably be the ticks he failed to see that would get him. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z So half the town is embarrassed and sulking, not to mention ticked off at the other half, who are wagging their fingers to say I told you so. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I was excited and heartsick, all at once, and I almost didn’t hear the quiet ticking underneath the sound of my own heartbeat, but Twig did. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "What every household needs: a shower like a car wash, keys ticking like a bomb, luggage on a leash!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He wished they could just move their Monopoly pieces and pretend the time wasn’t ticking away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Then a few seconds tick by in silence. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He chuckles and that ticks me off even more. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I watch 15 seconds tick by on the clock. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It is Johnny, padding down the steps with bare feet, dressed in old flannel pajamas with a ticking stripe. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z |
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