Sentence examples for make a tick from inspiring English sources

Use a pencil to make a tick mark on both sides of the glazed side of the tile, where the cut begins and ends.

Movies that make a ticking clock part of the story run the risk that viewers may start checking their watches, and so it is with this one, which seems to slow down the longer it goes, largely because it runs an interminable 105 minutes and not a tantalizing 88.

The speed of the pendulum's movement which Guljajeva tells The Creators Project does indeed make a ticking sound is set by the unpredictable speed of the wind.

But he noted that it also makes a ticking sound that some people find irritating when the gas goes on and off to maintain a low heat.

It consists of a pendulum swung on a pivot and actuated by a hand-wound clockwork whose escapement (a motion-controlling device) makes a ticking sound as the wheel passes a pallet.

The computer makes a ticking sound to let you know when that's happened.

Usually they making a ticking noise right before they explode.

"Those people – in that age group particularly – are quite often the people who make a community tick.

Where others saw a poster, Maxime saw the thing that would make a room tick, famously fashioning a lampshade from one of the "Love" greetings Saint Laurent sent at Christmas.

It is one of the city's neighbourhood networks and is managed by Karen Woloszczak, a "community builder" whose role is to forge the links that make a community tick.

There are three things that make a life tick, namely, fame, wealth and a good name.