The hourglass is almost empty!

There, that's the proper hourglass figure.

Don't forget the time. Remember the hourglass.

We spent the honeymoon on Hourglass Lake.

The origin of the hourglass is uncertain, although beginning in the 14th century, the hourglass was used commonly, especially on board ships.

At the head goes the strict master... with the scythe and hourglass.

Every red blood cell of your body right now has these hourglass shaped pores called aquaporins.

The motion of the boat on the water did not affect the hourglass, unlike other time measuring devices.

Hourglass Since the hourglass was one of the few reliable methods of measuring time at sea, it is speculated that it was used on board ships as far back as the 11th century, when it would have complemented the magnetic compass as an aid to navigation.

Many different devices have been used over the years to estimate the passage of time candles and sticks of incense that burn down at fairly predictable speeds have been used, along with the hourglass.

So it's kind of like an hourglass effect when you're young you're great at being yourself when you're old you're great at being yourself but the bit in the middle is sometimes the most problematic.

Other ancient timekeeping devices include the candle clock, used in China, Japan, England and Iraq the timestick, widely used in India and Tibet, as well as some parts of Europe and the hourglass, which functioned similarly to a water clock.

I wanted to test what evolutionary psychologists have talked about, this idea of a preference for the hourglass figure, which is a waist to hip ratio of 0.7, whether I could actually pick it out by doing a content analysis of how female escorts advertise themselves on the Internet.