The closest analog I know of is when you suddenly become aware of a ticking clock.
This brings us to the thing that every second-term president since FDR has indeed faced: a ticking clock.
And then there is this: the ticking clock of any president's second term.
Although she admitted that she would have preferred to have more time to enjoy being married before delving into motherhood, she was mindful of the ticking clock.
The ad features al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, speaking, but the only sound is a ticking clock in the background.
Now, as debt negotiations continue to press on despite a ticking clock, McConnell is trying to persuade his own party of the seriousness of what will happen August 2.
This kind of urgency carries over to fiction, where a ticking clock a sense of time running out can make the pages seem to snap by with the speed of a second hand.
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Iran's civil society clock may now be ticking faster than its nuclear clock.
Is the clock ticking for James Murdoch and his influential seat on the GlaxoSmithKline board?
With the legislative clock ticking, the Democrats are suffering for their lack of backbone.
While Congress dickers on this issue, all these people hear is the ticking of the clock.
It is fun, isn't it, unless you the person actually trying to sign someone with the clock ticking down.
With the wedding clock ticking, the Westminster City Council is making a final push through the courts.
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But with the clock ticking down he was involved in a heated argument with his fellow goalscorer Materazzi.
That deal also set the clock ticking toward the now-notorious sequester, if a broader deficit-reduction deal wasn't put in place.
This set the clock ticking on their ten-month limit in the U.S. Yet the first Indians didn't show up until Halloween.
It's not like there's a clock ticking and then suddenly it's over.
And, with the clock ticking, if its time in town should end?
With the handover clock ticking loudly, Britain two years ago instituted reforms allowing the direct or indirect election of all 60 legislators.
It also gets the five year clock ticking in case they want to use the earnings tax-free towards a first-time home purchase someday.
But even with the clock ticking, the Gang of 16 has two opponents perhaps even more formidable than Father Time: Big Oil and environmentalists.
With the Olympic clock ticking, Rio does not have the time to build an extensive new metro system, or for that matter, the money.
Moreover, now that he had set the clock ticking on Clinton's testimony, it was more important than ever that he hear from Monica first.
If I had not taken the battery out of his wall clock before we began the interview you would just have heard the clock ticking.
With the clock ticking down on 2012, there should be urgency from lawmakers to get a deal done, but with our polarized electorate anything is possible.
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With the clock ticking (the Democratic VP candidate delivers a big speech next Wednesday) the announcement is at most days and at least a few hours away.
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With the clock ticking down, Bordeaux had their best two chances - but a combination of poor finishing and superb goalkeeping cost them their chance of a last-four berth.
With the clock ticking towards the massive Covenant commemoration march at the end of the month, politicians and community leaders don't have the luxury to dwell on their principles.
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Some people have asked me if investment advisers charge like lawyers do, with the clock ticking all the time and every single photo copy charged out to a particular client.
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You would imagine that, with the clock ticking, his priority would be to keep all his big guns happy and on message so that he can win even more silverware.
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