sands of time
Noun
Meaning
the sands of time pl (plural only)
(literary) time considered as a finite commodity that is gradually running out, as the sand in an hourglass
Examples
Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.
Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.
Shy is the oyster, fervent is the clam, peaceful is the ocean floor rocked by the sands of time.
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
The footprints which Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro wants to leave on the sands of time at the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) can never be over emphasized.