Sentence examples for to set the clock from inspiring English sources

The wheels spin when the clock is wound, and various compartments open to set the clock and adjust the barometer.

Two additional states also exist in our basic thermostat design, one each to set the clock and the other to set the target temperature.

Although it took me 29 minutes to set the clock, and by the end my fingers were cramped, I scarcely noticed any time had passed at all.

Both people at the front desk said many people asked that question, but the staff had no idea how to set the clock".

And it was hard, to be honest, not to think of what has happened in Britain, where a vote has changed the course of history, and tried to set the clock back.

(It felt even later the next day, when I forgot to set the clock back and called the proprietors begging for instructions and permission to use the rather complex coffee machine in the kitchen).

It wants to get rid of daylight-saving time while continuing to set the clocks back every autumn, giving Germans an extra hour of sleep.

I contemplate what it will mean to set the clocks one hour ahead later this evening.

And my wife, not only does she like to hit snooze, she likes to set the clocks ahead of time.

But if you've got a precocious preschooler on your hands, you might need to set the clocks back in increments throughout your home, and invite your kid to accept that while it might not feel like their normal schedule, all the routines are going to be the same.

Unfortunately for those who think big, the path to lucrative tax breaks and federal grant funding run through legislative committees chaired by old men who tend to be a little bit afraid of clouds and who never learned to set the clocks on their VCRs correctly.