watch the clock

Frequency: 6.58.9 per million words

wanting their day's work to end

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Examples (10)

  • Employees who are always watching the clock are often less productive.
  • During the long, boring meeting, I couldn't help but watch the clock.
  • He was so eager to go home that he'd been watching the clock all afternoon.
  • Stop watching the clock and focus on your work; time will pass faster.
  • The students started watching the clock ten minutes before the bell rang.
  • If you enjoy what you do, you'll find you rarely watch the clock.
  • I could tell he was anxious to leave because he kept watching the clock.
  • On Friday afternoons, the entire office seems to be watching the clock.
  • She tried not to watch the clock, but the last hour of her shift felt endless.
  • When I was a kid in school, I would always watch the clock, waiting for recess.