Sentence examples for instead of marking time from inspiring English sources

Instead of marking time like a clock, it traps time in a furious crossfire.

This is what Davis understands so well; instead of marking time until the next sonic spectacular, as James Levine sometimes did while conducting "Trojans" at the Met, Davis exulted in all the oddities and incongruities.

Bill Lamb of About.com noted that the three new songs "seem to be marking time instead of finding a new direction" but said that "[the] remaining bulk of this collection is strong".

Some of the younger doormen, though, are marking time.

The estimated reported marking time seems short for the number of scripts that were marked.

We're marking time.

Germany essentially marked time, with growth of only 0.1 percent.

Our family marked time by the staging of shows.

They mark time.

By keeping her litter box clean at all times, you might encourage her to use it instead of scent marking your home.

They never quite do, choosing to circle that X instead of mark it.