Sentence examples for the clock playing from inspiring English sources

For the most part — and for the time being — he keeps punching the clock, playing out the string.

Much has been written about the soullessness of today's "Village of the Damned" isolates who sit at their laptops round the clock, playing various online games alone or with strangers.

ATLANTA — The emptiness of his team's existence in the final weeks of baseball's regular season has reduced David Wright, the tireless worker, the true company man, into something of an office drone, punching the clock, playing out the string.

It's not always that easy, though if you work round the clock playing records you might not always be in the mood to sit around listening to them in your spare time.

"Rock Around the Clock" played.

Stopping the clock played to La Cañada's advantage, but the Spartans were 53% (eight of 15) from the free-throw line in the final quarter.

First the group appeared in full barbershop-quartet garb to open its set with a few a cappella bars of its hit "Beverly Hills". Then, as the members changed out of their striped jackets and boater hats, Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" played over the sound system.

These examples are a mere shortlist of the profound functional roles that the clock plays in organismal physiology.

Circadian rhythms are thought to influence the cell cycle (Borgs et al., 2009), and there is some evidence that the clock plays a role in regeneration and proliferation.

As covered in detail in the first contribution, the integration of the circadian clock into the entire transcriptional and signal transduction networks might result in the assumption that the clock plays a key role in the main intracellular communication systems and is of critical importance for physiology and pathophysiology.

Tim Duncan has continued his turn-back-the-clock play this series, and the Spurs are reaping the rewards: Heading into Game 6, San Antonio was plus-24 when he's been on the court this series.