Sentence examples for marked the hour from inspiring English sources

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

And, it should be noted, she said the last sentence with a great deal of warmth and affection, a vibe that marked the hour spent with them before Cuarón's big night.

Their celebrations were short-lived as McShane marked the hour-mark with his first goal for Reading, converting a Norwood free-kick from the left with a bullet header from close range to which Foster got a hand, but was unable to keep out.

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.

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 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.

One bead drops along a string every five minutes, with orange beads marking the hours, blue ones the minutes, gold and silver beads marking midnight and noon.

A second disk, this one of lacquered aluminum, slides its way across the glass and the numbers, eclipsing them, and marking the hours.

What's more, the sundial, which no longer marks the hours, has taken on a new life since the ball's departure.

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