clock strikes twelve
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- towerTall slender edifice
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- CinderellaRags-to-riches heroine
stroke · gong · witching hour · New Year · countdown · carriage · pumpkin · magic · spell · bong · hour · timepiece · toll · curfew · glass slipper · Big Ben · pendulum · fairy tale
beginning vs ending
clock strikes twelvetime stands still
Perceived temporal suspension
in full swing · eternity · timelessness · suspended animation · open-ended