How to Use grandfather clock in a Sentence

grandfather clock

noun

• Think about the one on the stove, the one in the car, the giant grandfather clock.
  — Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 1 Nov. 2017
• The nickname of Dune’s younger brother, David, came from a windup grandfather clock in the house.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2022
• All announced by the ticking of the grandfather clock in the living room, which acts as a steady beat backing the song of the storm.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• Attach a few grandfather clocks to a wall and over the course of the day, their pendulums will start to swing in sync.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2018
• Here' the piece in question is a stately grandfather clock.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 21 Nov. 2022
• Keselowski briefly nudged Logano out of the groove on the sixth lap and took off for the rout that earned him his second Martinsville grandfather clock.
  — Jenna Fryer, The Seattle Times, 24 Mar. 2019
• This week that somebody was Bowyer, who snapped a 190-race winless streak and stole the chance for Busch to win back-to-back grandfather clocks at Martinsville.
  — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 26 Mar. 2018
• Among the pieces handed down over five generations is the grandfather clock in the living room.
  — Victoria Johnson, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2022
• It’s like a quantum grandfather clock, where the ticking comes from the oscillations of the laser light rather than the swing of a pendulum.
  — Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
• Yet the era did produce a few classics, among them 1985’s creepy Ghost Clock, a grandfather clock that appears to be cloaked in a white sheet, but is in fact carved from mahogany.
  — Mark Rozzo, Esquire, 24 Oct. 2017
• In the hall is a grandfather clock with a Barbie sitting behind glass where the clock face used to be, and on either side of the television in the living room is a pair of manikin legs.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2018
• Old analog clocks, like grandfather clocks, will time the swings between a pendulum moving back and forth.
  — Loren Grush, The Verge, 21 June 2019
• The doorman still ushers guests into the grand, three-story lobby, where the famous grandfather clock has been chiming since the hotel opened.
  — Katie Lockhart, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2023
• Apart from its colorful grandfather clock that tutors built out of K’nex toys, the center is a drab room full of computers and faux wood tables.
  — Marcella Bombardieri, The Atlantic, 30 May 2018
• From his 26 Cup Series career wins, the grandfather clock is one of the only trophies actually in his house.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2017
• Several of those districts swung like the pendulum in a grandfather clock.
  — The Economist, 10 Mar. 2018
• In the living room, a table and two recliners were pushed together next to a grandfather clock Robert had been fixing earlier in the evening.
  — The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2022
• The house is equipped with the grandfather clock Nalini bought to impress Prashant and also with Devi’s uncle Aravind, who serves as male chaperone to the meeting.
  — Abby Govindan, Vulture, 15 July 2021
• Placed over the light source, the Fresnel lens often rested on a clockwork mechanism hung with weights, like those of a gigantic grandfather clock.
  — Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• These include a very suspicious grandfather clock, which is a predominant theme throughout the trailer, both in the Upside Down and the human world.
  — Hattie Lindert, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2022
• That diamond necklace, grandfather clock, antique rug and vintage car are not just going to march themselves into the right hands.
  — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 2 July 2021
• Like the pendulum in an old-fashioned grandfather clock, the frequency of transitions between two energy states in a cesium-133 atom tick back and forth.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2022
• The idea was that the rolltop roof would allow families to transport potted trees or grandfather clocks in an upright position.
  — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2019
• New team, same old Z, the towering grandfather clock perpetually ticking away in the corner, chiming on the hour.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2021
• Earlier this month, Marvin Schneider, who is 78 years old, set to work on an 18th-century grandfather clock in the council speaker’s office in City Hall.
  — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2018
• Proving the point, clock fan Fritz eagerly explores John’s range of timepieces, including grandfather clocks, cuckoo clocks, and more.
  — oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2019
• From a snowman on skis to a grandfather clock that feels stolen from a scene in The Nutcracker, anyone will enjoy building miniature worlds that match the festivities happening around them.
  — Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• Inside, a grand piano (Lisa plays), a grandfather clock and a grandmother clock (family heirlooms) add to the home’s Victorian charm.
  — Patti Restivo, Howard County Times, 1 June 2018
• But the Upside Down is gearing up for one last onslaught, and the mysterious Creel House seems to be at the center of it—specifically, the grandfather clock in the house, which is attached to the wall by those same oozing tentacles.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2022
• Similar to how a grandfather clock keeps time by a swinging pendulum, an atomic clock monitors the vibrations of an atom.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024