Sentence examples for like a countdown from inspiring English sources
It's like a countdown to the Olympics.
Over the course of the first few episodes, the show switches from a catalog of lighthearted indulgence to something like a countdown to bayou bankruptcy.
Three words, two words, one, like a countdown; or, if you prefer, a little hint of the way Beckett was to strip down his own works to their bones.
The chapters in "Fosse" are titled like a countdown clock, inching toward mortality (Sixty Years, Forty-Five Years), as if Fosse were a time bomb perpetually about to explode.
Book Party At a Special Pond The way PRISCILLA RATTAZZI explains the evolution of her book -- "Georgica Pond," about the ultra-exclusive body of water in East Hampton, N.Y., where STEVEN SPIELBERG, MARTHA STEWART and Ms. Rattazzi and her husband, CHRISTOPHER WHITTLE, have houses -- sounds like a countdown: Twelve years ago, bought house.
Together, these two phenomena might have you seniors feeling like there's a countdown clock looming over you.
COUNTING IT DOWN General Manager Jerry Reese announced that he was going to put a countdown scoreboard-like device in the locker room that would remind the team of the number of days remaining until the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium.
There are fun touches, too, like a weekly countdown clock encouraging employers to approach candidates before it's too late, and personalized perks, like Casper mattresses and Brilliant Bicycles, for users who accept offers.
The company even went to the trouble of commissioning a survey which found that more than a third of U.S. parents already actively try to trick their kids into thinking midnight came early, doing things like finding countdowns from other timezones (36%), or even staging a countdown of their own (22percentt).
On November 20 , 2012 for the release of The Dark Knight Rises DVD and Blu-ray, Warner Bros. launched a countdown on the film's website where fans could share the countdown on websites like Facebook or Twitter to unlock an "exclusive reward".
