Sentence examples for second hand of a clock from inspiring English sources

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His action when he takes back his club calls to mind a hitch in the second hand of a clock.

"Ever since I was little, my life has been ruled by the second hand of a clock, revolving around the face of my parents; every second, every tick," she says.

Unlike when the drones could see the ground, and a haystack or a cow would spin around the flat screen like the second hand of a clock, we had no idea how long we sat watching the spinning clouds.

This is because, Einstein presumed, all results of physical measurement ultimately amount to verifications of such coincidences, such as the observation of the coincidence of the second hand of a clock with a mark on its dial.

As journalists swarmed around Ennis-Hill, forcing the Olympic champion to turn like the second hand of a clock to politely answer their questions, Katarina Johnson-Thompson was standing a few feet away, left uninterrupted now her compatriot had returned to share the limelight.

For example, upon first glance, the second hand of a clock sometimes seems to be frozen in position momentarily before it continues to tick at a normal pace [1], [2].

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Her attention to even the air around her is as methodical as the second hand on a clock.

Use a stopwatch, an egg timer, or watch the second hand on a clock or watch to keep accurate time.

Don't guess at the timing; use a stopwatch, egg timer, or watch the second hand on a clock.

Pendulum clocks are attached to gears so that every time the pendulum swings the second hand of the clock moves.

If a 100,000 hertz frequency, for example, is subjected to a combined electrical and mechanical gearing reduction of 6,000,000 to 1, then the second hand of the synchronous clock will make exactly one rotation in 60 seconds.

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