Sentence examples for western timekeeping from inspiring English sources

When the ramshackle ship Victoria made landfall at the Cape Verde islands after almost three years' absence from lands accustomed to Western timekeeping [6], he noted: On Wednesday, 9th July [1522], we … sent the boat ashore to obtain provisions … And we charged our men [that] they should ask what day it was.

The three greatest Western novels of the early 20th century all depend on the new timekeeping, from Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" and Andrei Bely's "Petersburg" to James Joyce's "Ulysses," which is set entirely on June 16, 1904, using the railroad clocks and timetables that had recently replaced "God's noon" in Ireland with Greenwich Mean Time in London.

His timekeeping was correct.

Poor timekeeping practices have".

Timekeeping is an agreement among humans.

The timekeeping rule is almost never enforced.

So unless the trolling bomber's timekeeping is rotten . . .

"Everything slipped last season, really: timekeeping, dress codes, training.

"The Swiss used to be in the business of timekeeping.

The Swatch watch, similarly, made quality timekeeping disposable.

Maybe shoddy timekeeping is good for your health.