Get to know Clockwork better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like mechanism.
Clockwork meaning
- A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
- The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
Synonyms of Clockwork
Using Clockwork
- The main meaning on this page is: A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device. | The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.
- Useful related words include: mechanism.
- In the example corpus, clockwork often appears in combinations such as: like clockwork, clockwork orange, clockwork in.
Context around Clockwork
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clockwork
- In this selection, "clockwork" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unstoppable, too, thirteenth, tesla, army and castellans stand out and add context to how "clockwork" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all 16 clockwork castellans in and among the clockwork meka robots. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clockwork" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adoptions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clockwork
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It seems to happen like a clockwork. (7 words)
Like clockwork, the winter holidays are approaching and has begun. (10 words)
An automaton is a clockwork designed to replicate real life. (10 words)
They hold large expensive, long-life assets and collect revenue on these assets like clockwork courtesy of a floor priced, inflation-adjusted contract with the US government, which makes them more like a 'toll booth' operator as a result. (39 words)
Saint Neyar is the patron saint of blacksmiths who hails from Shu Han, and reportedly forged a blade, Neshyenyer, that allowed her to fight an unstoppable clockwork army for three days and three nights. (34 words)
It felt like tempting fate to send another starting quarterback out for this intra-city battle considering what seemed to be happening every 10 years, like clockwork. (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Homes and buildings sited in flood prone areas will be flooded every heavy rain, we see this like clockwork.
I bought a few shares myself, and as you can see, I get paid every Thursday – like clockwork.
It felt like tempting fate to send another starting quarterback out for this intra-city battle considering what seemed to be happening every 10 years, like clockwork.
Like clockwork, Tesla reported Autopilot safety statistics, once every quarter, starting in 2018.
Like clockwork, the winter holidays are approaching and has begun.
Saint Neyar is the patron saint of blacksmiths who hails from Shu Han, and reportedly forged a blade, Neshyenyer, that allowed her to fight an unstoppable clockwork army for three days and three nights.
The first event on the Lakeland Cycling Club’s calendar ran like clockwork, with great conditions on Sunday from the Bawnacre Centre in Irvinestown.
The Primal Knife is unlocked by hitting all 16 Clockwork Castellans in the game and can be purchased in the Bonus Content menu for 1000 CP.
There’s also a problem with the way the enemies work, as they’re just a little too clockwork in their approach.
The thirteenth Clockwork Castellan is between the green forklift and the brown truck.
They hold large expensive, long-life assets and collect revenue on these assets like clockwork courtesy of a floor priced, inflation-adjusted contract with the US government, which makes them more like a 'toll booth' operator as a result.
Throughout most of July, large swaths of Arkansas experienced nearly clockwork-like rains of several inches each week.
An automaton is a clockwork designed to replicate real life.
Annually, like clockwork, the releases heartfelt films that get viewers warmly in their feelings.
It has three clockwork mechanisms and contains more than 2,000 moving parts, with several thousand in its whole.
It seems to happen like a clockwork.
Like clockwork Norfolk-Southern rolls through at 6am and is basically my alarm clock.
Like I said, (Williams) was one of the first quarterbacks here, so those spring reps and everything we got from him, it was clockwork for us.
Sometimes, enemies that hail from Fontaine have Pneumousia energy, and it’s a common occurrence among the Clockwork Meka robots.
Stephen’s alive because everyone worked together like clockwork, from the restaurant staff to the off-duty policemen and the paramedics,” continued Mark.
Common combinations with clockwork
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: