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  • present participle of clang.
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clanging

[klang-ing] / ˈklæŋ ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
metallic
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NOUN
tintinnabulation
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Antonyms
STRONG


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She’s talking on a sunny morning on the leafy rooftop of a five-star hotel in Paris, with views of the Centre Pompidou and bells clanging from a 16th-century church nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Yet, Fire Island as a concept produces nothing more than a toy monkey clanging its cymbals in my brain.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

So I will not ring a bell every time the miniseries, which admittedly bills itself as “inspired by a true story,” diverts from the record, even though in my head it may be clanging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Everywhere Cady looked there were bakers and their guests, dashing from here to there, clanging cake pans together and hollering about butter.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff


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