grandfather clock

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Recent Examples of grandfather clock The towering grandfather clock in the foyer of Paul and Susan Monreal’s soon-to-be former home is far more than a conversation piece. William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025 The ticking of a grandfather clock in the White House's Map Room, where the interview took place, is audible throughout due to the pauses and silence that hangs in the room as the former president tries to remember dates and events. Peter Aitken gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025 Biden’s decor included a handful of paintings, a grandfather clock and a subtle bit of greenery on the fireplace mantle. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2025 There, firefighters were seen retrieving what looked like about two dozen photo albums, a grandfather clock and several other possible antiques from the house. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grandfather clock
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grandfather clock
Noun
  • Looming over camp, Black Brushy Mountain was outlined by the early morning glow when the alarm clock rattled me from a sound sleep.
    Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Ignoring your alarm clock will become a daily happening bordering on the opulent.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The processing plant was modeled on Henry Ford’s Highland Park automobile factory, which opened in 1910; Seabrook management even installed a time clock out in the fields, where farm hands punched in and out of work.
    John Seabrook June 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • But the truly savvy teens aren't punching time clocks.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Weiss developed a precise atomic clock, and was also a pioneer in the measurement of a cosmic fossil called the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), leftover radiation from an event just after the Big Bang.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But scientists who track and operate atomic clocks may be facing a bit of a predicament.
    James Powel, Freep.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Then Gilmore flamed out, lost everything, and became a dedicated boozer, making flasks out of everything from cucumbers to cuckoo clocks.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2025
  • In April during Milan Design Week, the brand unveiled the temporary Ephemeral Store on Via Montenapoleone, with cuckoo clocks in the window at the entrance and the womenswear collection displayed in a room that is a replica of the Hall of Mirrors in the royal Palace of Versailles.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 21 July 2025

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