Usage of "grandfather clock"

A pendulum clock enclosed in a tall narrow case.

Uso de grandfather clock en inglés

In the distance, I heard the chiming of the great grandfather clock. 
 Cruel Beauty 

Somewhere in Grahame Coats's house, a grandfather clock chimed politely, twelve times. 
 Anansi Boys 

He moved around to different spots in the room, the grandfather clock. 
 The unseen 

Ok, that is a grandfather clock and not actually a seconds pendulum. 
 Wired 

Entering my apartment, she immediately recognized the grandfather clock in the hall. 
 The new yorker 

His lounge would have antiques in it, perhaps, or a grandfather clock. 
 A week in december 

There was a thick soft carpet and a friendly fat grandfather clock. 
 The Captives 

The big grandfather clock in the foyer began to strike the hour. 
 Wicked 

The room is silent except for the ticking of the grandfather clock. 
 The kommandant's girl 

The old grandfather clock in back of us kept ticking away loudly. 
 Ghosts 

We move towards the grandfather clock and see the minute hand reach midnight. 
 Donnie Darko 

I could hear the grandfather clock ticking during his long pauses. 
 The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama 

Every tick of the grandfather clock in the living room brought it closer. 
 Witch blood 

The grandfather clock in the hallway was just chiming eleven times. 
 Hollow World 

In the living room, the grandfather clock started to strike midnight. 
 Beastly 

It was right after the grandfather clock began playing up, back in spring. 
 The distant hours 

Significados de grandfather clock en inglés