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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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