Sentence examples for to clockwork from inspiring English sources
noun
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
From a man who's as close to clockwork as it gets, it represents the unmistakable realization that time is indeed slipping away.
It returns to Clockwork Orange for the character of the drill sergeant (for all Lee Ermey's sterling acting, it is a mere redux of the prison officer in Kubrick's earlier film).
They take over real estate once dedicated to clockwork and a space on our bodies that is so associated with "backwards" timekeeping that many of us have, until now, refused to wear a watch in protest.
When opened on the left, the front doors of the cabinet exposed a number of gears and cogs similar to clockwork.
Napolitano had originally stated on This Week that "once this incident occurred, everything went according to clockwork" and that "once the incident occurred, the system worked".
On July 10, Clare's publisher posted a partially obscured version of the cover to Clockwork Princess on the website for the series.
During the 14th century a weight-driven revolving pegged drum was invented that could be connected to clockworks; the pegs tripped levers wired to hammers, which in turn struck the bells.
Set to a clockwork thump, it ordered you to boogie-oogie-oogie or to shake, shake, shake your booty.
"Are you my mama?" the child says to the clockwork elephant standing next to him.
Niko refers to himself as "your humble narrator," which I took as a sly reference to "A Clockwork Orange," another work that manages to inject some sympathy into a cold, dark soul.
One record that has been important for Oakey is the soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange by Walter Carlos, later to become Wendy Carlos.
