Sentence examples for tick over from inspiring English sources

So the scoreboard started to tick over – except that it's an electronic one.

After watching his online "trading account" tick over, he progressively raised his stake to $150,000.

That figure on the noticeboard is about to tick over 80,000.

Many shops are shuttered; the markets merely tick over; the traffic jams are gone.

"Pubs can quite nicely tick over on quieter nights, but clubs absolutely have to get to that critical volume.

The union had called for a partial "warm" shutdown during its strike to allow the plant to tick over and resume operation quickly.

Mediocrity ticks over, and ticking over isn't good enough.

The train ticked over its crossing, stopped.

"I'll keep it ticking over," McIlroy said.

Deco – 6 Kept moves ticking over with his crisp passing.

GM's campaign was a great success, keeping sales ticking over nicely.