Sentence examples for Working against the clock from inspiring English sources

Working against the clock ("You could teach a rhesus monkey to direct a film in a day," Siegel opines), and coping with Washington bureaucrats and cautious diplomats, they move towards the countdown stage.

She was working against the clock.

"I'm totally working against the clock.

But it's not easy working against the clock when you're trying to foretell the future.

Aid agencies in Badakhshan are working against the clock to save lives.

In any case, Mr. Bush and Mr. Bremer are now working against the clock and the tide of expectations.

"Big Miracle" gets off to a shaky start, but once revved up, it becomes an involving work-against-the-clock-and-the-odds action movie.

The film "gets off to a shaky start, but once revved up it becomes an involving work-against-the-clock-and-the-odds action movie," Rachel Saltz wrote in The New York Times in February.

After the final performance, on a Saturday, carpenters will work against the clock to restore St George's to its original state – ready for service on Sunday morning.

Some New York City teachers report a renewed rigor in study hall, where students work against the clock to finish their night's assignments.

I set a high standard of what I hand in and I put that down to never having to work against the clock.