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US
/ˈkɫɑks/
]
[ UK /klˈɒks/ ]
[ UK /klˈɒks/ ]
NOUN
- European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for forage
How To Use clocks In A Sentence
- In 1974 he published the definitive book on the history of carriage clocks. Times, Sunday Times
- Spain is to move its clocks back one hour to be in time with Britain in a change that could sound the death knell for the siesta. Times, Sunday Times
- It's that time of year in the northern hemisphere, the nights are drawing in, the clocks going back, and the weather is wet and awful.
- The distinctive open fretwork pediment of the mahogany case is associated with clocks made in or near Roxbury, Massachusetts, in the Federal period.
- By the late 19th century, telegraphic signals sent over transoceanic cables enabled clocks to be synchronized worldwide with sufficient accuracy that one had to correct for the delay due to the transmission of the telegraphic signal.
- His clocks were masterpieces of skill, precision, ingenuity, and determination.
- This weekend the clocks go back and we will be plunged again into inky afternoons. Times, Sunday Times
- Management multiplied the camera angles, narrowed the strike zone, sodded the diamonds and the gridirons with AstroTurf, enlarged the jumbotrons, shortened the distance to the outfield fences, strengthened the golf clubs, adjusted the rules and the clocks to allow more time for the beer and truck commercials, bulked up the salaries paid to players bulked up to resemble the designated hitters in World of Warcraft. Lewis Lapham: Field of Dreams: The CIA and Me and Other Adventures in American Sports
- They had a horse-drawn wagon full of clocks.
- Alarm clocks were going off, playing rock, Christian pop, jazz or reggae.
