How to Use time machine in a Sentence

time machine

noun
  • None of us have a time machine.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The land that skirts the gulf is a vast time machine.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Hop in the time machine – and grab some popcorn!
    — Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
  • At their best these wines are as transportive as a time machine.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appétit, 7 Sep. 2021
  • For many of its fans, crumb cake is a time machine back to childhood.
    — Stacy Adimando, Saveur, 7 Nov. 2018
  • Now, there is no time machine to go back in time to undo those things.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2022
  • But there's no magic time machine, right?
    — Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Watching Yale play can be a trip in a time machine, too.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2026
  • Nothing could convince me to take a time machine back to high school.
    — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 25 June 2019
  • Right now the best way to find an answer is to hop back into the time machine.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Right now, the best way to find an answer is to hop back into the time machine.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2018
  • For most, antiquing is a dusty time machine in an old-world era that may seem dated.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 21 June 2023
  • The time machine that is Christmas though allowed the genre to come back.
    — New York Times, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Click on the double arrows, and Google whisks you aboard the time machine.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Priest can be a time machine for a lot of our fans that takes them back to the '80s or '90s.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 9 Mar. 2018
  • To find out, Namouni and Morais built a virtual time machine.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2018
  • Like something that arrived here from a time machine out of the year 2006.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • Take a sip and let this rummy time machine transport you back to the days of British naval bicorn hats.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The brand’s art projects are a great way to indulge in the pastime of your youth without feeling stuck in a time machine.
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Agern's Ocean Broth is meant to be more of a palate cleanser and less of a nostalgic time machine.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 21 Apr. 2017
  • Let’s fire up the ol’ Theme Park Ranger time machine and set it for 30 years ago.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • There is no DeLorean, no time machine.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • On the inside, though, the IVPP is more time machine than theme park.
    — National Geographic, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The Time Machine as the first description of, well, a time machine.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2022
  • But, short of an actual time machine, there is no authentic way to stay young forever.
    — Rheana Murray, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Hailey Bieber might as well have stepped out of a time machine from the early 2000s.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Did Mark Consuelos rent a time machine to play a younger version of himself?
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Still, there’s fun to be had in this time machine whose ultimate destination is dad-joke heaven.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 24 June 2026
  • Locals come for thick burgers, milkshakes, and the feeling of stepping into a time machine.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In a last-minute twist, Alice reveals the existence of a second time machine.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026

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