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The phrase "a hourglass" is not correct in written English.
It should be "an hourglass" because "hour" begins with a vowel sound.
Example: "She placed an hourglass on the table as a decorative piece."
Alternatives: "a sand timer" or "a timepiece".
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Transition of the fatigue failure mode in very high cycle regime was investigated based on the experimental results obtained under a fully reversed tension compression test in air at room temperature using a hourglass shaped specimen of a Ni Cr Mo low-alloy steel, JIS SNCM439.
Only 2/7 fracture cases had a hourglass (unstable) shaped regenerate.
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Seen from different angles, its profile changed: a rectangle, a bottle, an hourglass.
This floor-to-ceiling installation, a take on an hourglass, is a sophisticated, Heath Robinson contraption.
It showed a computer screen with a picture of an hourglass, of the sort that appears when your computer freezes.
A painting of an hourglass by the Californian modern master Ed Ruscha sends a gothic chill down the spine.
Aim for a decimal below 0.8, which is a sign of an hourglass figure.[4].
A plot might be shaped like an hourglass or like a ring.
Choose an A line skirt if you have an hourglass or Twiggy sort of shape.
Drum: A small drum shaped like an hourglass is known as a damaru.
It opens with a shot of an hourglass emptying.
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