Similar words: sticking, sticking out, politicking, sticking point, licking, kicking, picking, stick in the mud. Meaning: ['tɪkɪŋ] 
n. 1. a metallic tapping sound 2. a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers.
n. 1. a metallic tapping sound 2. a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers. 
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91) He could hear three clocks ticking and a tap in an upstairs room dripping.
92) It's the men now, as often as not, who hear the biological clock ticking loudest.
93) The engine of the big mechanical monster was ticking over with the deep throb of impatient, reined-in horsepower.
94) The sonar watch on the ticking device in the crashed bomber was now continuous.
95) It was half-past two,(http://sentencedict.com/ticking.html) and the minutes were ticking away till Bobby Anscombe's appearance.
96) In Leicester, though, they treat those twin impostors, panic and the ticking clock, with disdain.
97) The engine was just ticking over and the launch seemed to nose into the maze as though feeling her own way.
98) Time was ticking by, and she was heading deeper into the unknown depths of Plenty.
99) August action A gentle schedule to keep the garden ticking over while you enjoy some well-earned leisure.
100) On top of this, the environmental time bomb that has been ticking away for years now seems ready to explode.
101) As usual, there was a bomb ticking somewhere and James Bond had to find it.
102) Pooley's Piaget wristwatch had now ceased its ticking for good and all and maintained a sullen rusting silence.
103) The way Max's biological clock is ticking, it's a wonder Emma didn't call out the bomb squad.
104) The taximeter was ticking away.
105) It's a ticking time bomb for the federal budget.
106) I could hear the clock on the wall ticking.
107) The taxi's metre was ticking away.
108) In truth, the Bush program is a ticking bomb.
109) The car's engine is ticking over.
110) There is a ticking time bomb under the dollar.
111) Could you foresee it's like a ticking time bomb?
112) Time is therefore always ticking in their inner ear.
113) Time is, therefore, always ticking in our inner ear.
114) It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.
115) Conficker remains a ticking time bomb.
116) All the while, the clock is ticking: within a month or so, Greece must receive fresh funds from the IMF and its European rescuers—or messily default.
117) Except for the ticking of the clock, the room was very still.
118) In true Thalberg fashion, Mr Vieira sets the clock ticking on page one.
119) Her biological clock was ticking and she really wanted to have a baby.
120) In long, low-ceilinged rooms, there were ticking grandfather clocks and rugs from India and dark barley-twisted furniture.
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