grandfather clock in English

noun
1
a clock in a tall freestanding wooden case, driven by weights.
Since the clock was a grandfather clock it was cherry wood and shiny.
noun
    longcase clock

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1. The grandfather clock beat midnight.

2. A grandfather clock would look great in the den.

3. The grandfather clock was back in its old place.

4. The grandfather clock was a fixture in their home.

5. He sat listening to the tick of the grandfather clock.

6. The pendulum in the grandfather clock swung back and forth.

7. Also, a grandfather clock would look great in the den.

8. A grandfather clock has a pendulum that helps it work.

9. The muffled tick of the grandfather clock echoed in one corner.

10. A large pendulum swung back and forth inside the grandfather clock.

11. The tick of the grandfather clock echoed in from the corner.

12. IN the dining room of grandfather's house stood a massive grandfather clock.

13. In the dining room of my grandfather's house stood a massive grandfather clock.

14. This was the Main Hall. We were in the grandfather clock , looking out.

15. Just like that old grandfather clock the memories of those precious moments last for ever.

16. She'd heard the grandfather clock down in the hall chime every quarter-hour until three o'clock.

17. Clock stolen: A grandfather clock worth ￡000 was stolen from a house at Kepwick, near Thirsk.

18. 27 She'd heard the grandfather clock down in the hall chime every quarter-hour until three o'clock.

19. The grandfather clock in an oak case is one of seven clocks and two barometers in the house.

20. The room was silent, apart from the hollow and remorseless tick of a grandfather clock in the corner.Sentence dictionary

21. As he moved the beam, the shadow of the grandfather clock in the hall twisted and grew across the ceiling.

22. The solemnly ticking grandfather clock by the door said two minutes to the half hour when Charles heard the Bishop approaching.

23. No one in the hall except the grandfather clock I'd seen floating in my dream; no one came out of the sitting room.

24. Her eyes explored everything—the Biedermeier furniture, the piano, the old grandfather clock, the pictures, the bookcases, the plates and cutlery on the table.