Sentence examples for was like clockwork from inspiring English sources

Steve Coburn, who owned California Chrome when he won the first two legs of the Triple Crown in 2014, said the Preakness was the most enjoyable experience of the three Triple Crown races, and his visit to Pimlico was "like clockwork".

"The organization was like clockwork".

"Only morphine worked and it was like clockwork.

Hans Gruber had devoted years to devising the perfect heist: recruiting safecrackers, assembling the armed goons, acquiring the getaway truck and practicing the timing until the entire operation was like clockwork, precise and efficient.

It was like clockwork: the shots of whiskey, the dance floor, then out to the parking lot yet again.

I probably had eight consecutive parties there, and the routine was like clockwork: a warm-up in the arcade; a couple of games of bowling; a trip up to Zapp Zone (if we were lucky); and then everyone in a pincer movement down to the nearby Pizza Hut to gorge on the buffet and Ice Cream Factory, and hopefully not vomit.

It's like clockwork".

It's like clockwork with you people.

"It's like clockwork with this guy.

The answer is: like clockwork.

"It's like clockwork -- they know," Giambi said.