The phrase "in a clockwise direction" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in situations where it is necessary to describe a circular motion. For example, "Turn the wheel in a clockwise direction until the latch clicks into place."
The dining room slowly circled in a clockwise direction.
He grips the bag, shows me how to swirl evenly outwards in a clockwise direction.
There's another school of thought that you should arrange your cheeses in a clockwise direction from mildest to strongest.
She instructed them to close their eyes and transmit energy around the circle in a clockwise direction.
Correspondingly, the plane of the pendulum as viewed from above appears to rotate in a clockwise direction once a day.
High pressure areas produce wind systems that rotate in a clockwise direction, while low pressure areas produce winds that rotate in an anti-clockwise direction".
Purists take the austere route favoured by the Scots – oatmeal, water, salt, preferably stirred in a clockwise direction with a wooden implement called a spurtle.
The object of the game is to hit both your balls through a course of six wickets, first in a clockwise direction and then in a counterclockwise direction.
That was the first of 15 daily stages (no rest days) that will cover 2,300 kilometers, or 1,400 miles, in a clockwise direction around the country.
The researchers studied videotapes from soccer matches and found that the Wave usually rolls in a clockwise direction at a speed of about 20 seats per second.
"A little boy begins to run around the enclosure in a clockwise direction, kicking up the sand as he goes and mixing together dark grains with light.
