How to Use hourglass in a Sentence

hourglass

noun
  • Like sands through the hourglass, long live the days of earth tones.
    Vogue, 25 June 2021
  • Take a piece of ice in the shape of an hourglass and submerge it.
    Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
  • With all that in mind, what are your thoughts on the hourglass twist?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • An hourglass at 'hostage square' in Tel Aviv has run out of the sands of time.
    NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • And this one is big (there's no hourglass to smash, though).
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 7 July 2022
  • One of the photos showed an hourglass drone fly, blown up to the size of a Doberman.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The spots may take the form of an hourglass, or several dots in a row.
    Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • The cloud of gas in red and orange contorts into the shape of a fiery hourglass.
    Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Her signature beachy waves were parted to the side, adding to '70s vibe of the hourglass suit.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 26 Apr. 2022
  • This pair also comes in curvy fit for those with an hourglass shape.
    Paula Lee, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The hourglass heel shape of these leather boots feels fresh yet classic, while the squared toe-shape is timeless.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 July 2022
  • As the ice melts, the waist of the hourglass becomes thinner and thinner until the liquid eats all the way through.
    Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
  • After Noe died, Izzy asked her mom to find an hourglass that could be used to keep time in board games.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 13 July 2022
  • The super soft dress is stretchy so gives you lots of room while giving you an hourglass shape.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Her hourglass figure takes the place of Hepburn’s gamine frame.
    Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The gods had disappeared, locked away in an hourglass prison.
    Keri Blakinger, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Parents can use an hourglass-type timer so kids can watch for the end of the time period.
    Hannah Sampson, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The effect on-body is a subtle hourglass sculpt, and then of course the elegant bell sleeves.
    Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 31 Dec. 2022
  • There are clocks and hourglasses scattered around, but no one seems to be in much of a hurry.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2023
  • To me, the painting also has echoes of work by Salvador Dali, suggested by the hourglass and by the sand and sea.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The soon-to-be mother of two simply captioned the post with emojis of an hourglass and a baby.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The protostar the image centers around is hidden from view in the neck of a dark, hourglass-shape cloud of gas and dust.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Williams asks, sand pouring through the gaps in her fingers like a living hourglass.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Like sands through the hourglass ... 'Days of Our Lives' is only getting better with time!
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
  • While many versions of the hourglass were created for the film, the one that sold on Dec. 17 was made out of wood and papier-mâché.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The brush has an hourglass shape that evenly coats, curls, and helps separate lashes, and the shade is the blackest black.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2023
  • The clouds that make up the fiery hourglass shape in space are only visible with infrared light, NASA says.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 16 Nov. 2022
  • What happens if Jeff Probst does not hand you that hourglass?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • It's designed to smooth bulges and create the illusion of hourglass curves.
    Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2022
  • This season’s hourglass silhouettes are all angles and curves, while the waistline drops to the top of the hipbone.
    Vogue, 28 Jan. 2022

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