Sentence examples for mark the hour from inspiring English sources

The only sound is the ticking of the Early American clocks that rest on shelves and hang on walls, along with the chimes that mark the hour.

Though scaled down, both Mardi Gras, for which Mr. McIlhenny ordered church bells sounded to mark the hour the hurricane struck, and the more recent Jazz and Heritage Festival drew big crowds.

Instead of medieval guards or jousting knights, to mark the hour, the clock, to be forever set at 4 p.m., will show a pair of mounted New York City police officers.

Spread across a grassy plain yards from the streets where demonstrators clashed with the police days earlier, several thousand students gathered holding lighted candles, a quickly organized rally in support of sexual abuse victims that concluded when a university bell tower chimed 10 times to mark the hour.

Its bell tower (which clangs crazily to mark the hours — ringing, say, 13 times at 7 p.m). was built by the Normans.

Tallies on a white board mark the hours he spent painting each letter — three hours for the "R" in racer, two on the "A".

Keep a planner at your desk where you will mark the hours that you will work every day, along with any planned lunches, meetings, and even scheduled breaks.

In a century-old tradition said to ensure good luck for the coming year, everyone eats a grape for each of the 12 chimes marking the hour.

The pips marked the hour, a Jane's Addiction track began to play, and then a voice bowled on to the airwaves.

The position of the shadow marks the hour in local time.

In one room, a cuckoo clock marks the hours -- but instead of a bird, a miniature Louis XIV pops out.