Sentence examples similar to holding back the clock from inspiring English sources

The new college will hopefully engage many diverse lines of effort, eschewing the hegemony of any singular one with a brilliant charismatic leader, because such persons do hold back the clock, and more visibly so after they pass away.

You can't hold back the clock".

You may even be hoping to hold back the clock like a King Cnut of time because, apparently, the dawn of 2014 will bring with it a sea of Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants coming over here to steal our jobs and sink their teeth into our banquet of a benefits system.

Defenders clutching at his feet, linemen seizing at his jersey, Tom Brady stood still, as if he had all the time in the world, as if he was personally holding back the minute-hand of the clock and keeping it from ticking.

But when it comes to his beloved(s), Kooser has generous eyes, offering always to keep her young — even if that means standing on a kitchen stool and literally holding back the hands of a clock.

A clock keeps time by holding back the pull of a weight, controlling its unwinding spring, regulating the forces that would otherwise propel it forward.

But it will take every ounce of ingenuity and effort that US allies can muster to hold back the hands of the clock.

Hold back the dawn, hold back tomorrow.

Facebook testing 'On This Day' turn-back-the-clock feature.

"We have turned back the clock," he said.

They have turned back the clock.