Sentence examples for keep a countdown from inspiring English sources

Have someone keep a countdown for you.

In the hour before the interview, OWN kept a countdown clock on the screen to heighten the anticipation of viewers.

He kept a "countdown clock" in his briefcase marking the time he had left before his retirement to Washington state.

His best friend, the Red Storm freshman forward Sean Evans, had kept a countdown on the away message of his Instant Messenger that started with "46 days until Rob practices".

A good friend and I are keeping a countdown.

If you're still doing it properly (read: you plan to lose all memory of the night itself and spend the following 48 hours in a dank flat trying to keep the "countdown vibe" going), this is the one.

THIS time of year, Madison Avenue keeps an eye on the countdown to Christmas — 119 days until, F.Y.I. — because the fourth quarter is make-or-break for many marketers.

North Korea, whose launch of a long-range rocket on Sunday followed close on a nuclear test which it claimed gave it the capability to "wipe out the whole territory of the US all at once", was a factor in the decision by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists last month to keep the symbolic countdown to three minutes to apocalypse.

A countdown clock kept us abreast of how long it would be until the blessed event.

When you hold the side button, a countdown starts.

As you type, a countdown is offered to help you keep track of the character count of your tweets.