Oven timer, ticking away, anticipation building.

Meaning: As the oven timer ticked away, the person's excitement and eagerness for the cake to be done grew.

Choice of Words: Oven is a device used for cooking food. Timer is a device used to measure time. Ticking is the sound a clock or timer makes. Away means to move or travel somewhere. Anticipation is the feeling of excitement or eagerness about something that is going to happen. Building means increasing in size or amount.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Oven's heat, timer's tick, anticipation.
• Oven hums timer dings cookies cool.
• Oven timer, a symphony of readiness, cookies calling.
• The oven timer loudly rang.
• Oven beeps timer rings.
• The oven timer dinged loudly, signaling dinner was ready.
• Oven humming, cookies baking, anticipation growing.
• The clock stopped ticking.
• The clock stopped ticking and time stood still.
• The ticking of the clock echoed through the silent room.