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
  • With all that in mind, what are your thoughts on the hourglass twist?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • As Thune notes, there’s still sand in the hourglass.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Take a piece of ice in the shape of an hourglass and submerge it.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2021
  • This pair also comes in curvy fit for those with an hourglass shape.
    — Paula Lee, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The hourglass is running short on some acute fronts, though.
    — Al Weaver, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The spots may take the form of an hourglass, or several dots in a row.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023
  • Our hourglass is full then, and the sand seems to be falling out slowly.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The gods had disappeared, locked away in an hourglass prison.
    — Keri Blakinger, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Her blond wig is piled sky-high, and her still-hourglass shape peeks through a marabou and chiffon peignoir.
    — Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • An hourglass at 'hostage square' in Tel Aviv has run out of the sands of time.
    — NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The cloud of gas in red and orange contorts into the shape of a fiery hourglass.
    — Bymary Kekatos, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The hourglass jacket from Loewe.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • At work, Kirkham uses an antique sand hourglass which times an hour.
    — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of The Mummy.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Williams asks, sand pouring through the gaps in her fingers like a living hourglass.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Her hourglass figure takes the place of Hepburn’s gamine frame.
    — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • What happens if Jeff Probst does not hand you that hourglass?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Dec. 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
  • In less than two years, the org chart of my company has gone from diamond-shaped to an hourglass.
    — Ulrik Juul Christensen, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Missing pawns, cracked hourglass timers, and flimsy boxes have a way of sneaking up on you.
    — Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • It's designed to smooth bulges and create the illusion of hourglass curves.
    — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 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
  • Her signature beachy waves were parted to the side, adding to '70s vibe of the hourglass suit.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Is the sand pouring through the hourglass sitting on the counter before her a liquid or a solid?
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026

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