Sentence examples for checking of watches from inspiring English sources

When the Czechs speak about Cuba, there is particular eye-rolling and checking of watches.

In his efforts to dodge histrionics, Mr van Hove has perhaps leaned too far in the other direction.The audience has its own way of saying these things, of course, and its slightly too frequent coughing and checking of watches (on the night this reviewer attended) suggested wandering attentions in parts.

And there was this constant checking of her watch, even after the boat had sailed.

With a check of that watch, he's back thinking about tonight's performance of Chicken Soup With Barley, itself a job landed via the sitcom.

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Set in the British trenches near the front line in St. Quentin, France, during World War I, David Grindley's acutely staged and acted production of this landmark drama from 1928 is filled with instances of soldiers checking their watches, asking the time, counting off days and hours and minutes.

Having spent two years in institutional settings with precisely timed meals and activities, Linda had got into the habit of checking her watch, and she began many of her diary entries, up to four a day, by noting the time.

Rotate the rope in a motion similar to that of checking your watch.

In any given daylight moment in America, there are 660,000 people behind the wheel who are checking their devices instead of watching the road.

"Think of media: Checking into watching 'Lost,' being declared the mayor of 'The Brothers Karamazov' or earning a badge for braving free jazz".

They'd let time pass, checking their watches now and again as their faces became covered with beads of sweat.