The clock ticked.

The clock ticked.

You ticked them off.

He really ticked me off.

His breath ticked my hair.

The alloted time ticked away quickly.

Hey, steer clear of the boss today, he seems really ticked off about something.

As the night ticked interminably by, I tried not to think what the rebels would do to the 'skinny white muzungu with long angel hair if they found me, she wrote.

The 1990 s produced a demeaning narrative of women waiting in frustration as their biological clocks ticked, cursing themselves for putting career first at the expense of finding Mr. Right and having children.