Sentence examples for fighting the clock from inspiring English sources

But the protesters are fighting the clock.

Mike Lennon is fighting the clock.

Perry called lawmakers back to Austin for a second special session to reconsider the proposal after Davis's successful filibuster, and this time lawmakers were not fighting the clock.

I wanted them to be on the move a lot, and they're fighting the clock the whole time, so they can't be on foot, of course, given the amount of space they're trying to cover.

While divers 800 miles to the north were fighting the clock and storm-tossed seas, cutting more holes in hull of the Kursk where it lies on the bottom in more than 300 feet of water, hundreds of factory workers here cheered the launching under a blustery sky today.

Crusading team fighting the clock?

Public viewing of the Amistad was to resume at Pier A yesterday morning, but after three days of working around the clock, fighting the currents to create makeshift bumpers to bolster the ship against crashing waves, the crew wearily set sail for Mystic, where the ship will be checked for damage.

Now, in their 30's, they are fighting against the clock.

It's not like a race where you're competing and you have strategy and you're fighting against the clock.

Rescuers in the southern Taiwanese city of Tainan were fighting against the clock on Sunday to save more than 100 people still trapped beneath rubble of an apartment block 24 hours after a strong earthquake shook the island.

By now, the defenders were running out of ammunition and were exhausted from fighting around the clock without any prospect of being relieved or replacing their dead and wounded.