clockwork - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • power: Very nice early clockwork powered two horse toy with galloping action.
  • produce: In 1927 it started producing clockwork lithographed tinplate O gage trains there as well.

Converse of subject

  • power: Powered by accurate clockwork that always shows you precise time Improved graphical engine.

Adjective modifier

  • like: Mr Watt, 22 Dec 04 Went like clockwork.
  • loose: By no stretch of fancy can the human mind connect together snuff and diamonds and wax and loose clockwork.

Modifies a noun

  • regularity: How we wonder is the almost clockwork regularity of RS infections to be explained otherwise?
  • orange: The hotel is also convenient for Glasgow's ' clockwork orange ' subway system.
  • toy: CHINA Nowadays more clockwork tin toys are made in China than anywhere else.
  • robot: Steven Moffat + the 18th century + killer clockwork robots = good stuff!
  • doll: Saw a good busker - clockwork doll to music, complete with spinning key!
  • precision: All went well, the bridges opening with clockwork precision in front of us.

Noun used with modifier

  • tinplate: Tin Toys From Other Countries Tinplate clockwork toys from India, Japan, Korea, and USA.
  • brass: Actual brass clockwork models of the solar system, orreries, bolstered this world view.
  • killer: Steven Moffat + the 18th century + killer clockwork robots = good stuff!

Possessives

  • bell: These range from built-in devices as part of the cooker to clockwork ' alarm bell ' types.

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