clank
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However, the clank of granite went against them in the seventh, an unfortunate bounce leaving Canada the chance of three, which they gladly took.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
It’s already quite hot inside my shoebox apartment as the radiators clank away, drowning out my upstairs neighbor’s heavy footsteps with their cacophonous symphony.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
The early scenes have a certain ponderous solemnity as two hunter-warrior-predator brothers from the Yautja race fight for honor with weapons that combine the clank of all things medieval with modern pizzazz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
“All is fair where you wear the crown,” snipes Gal Gadot’s evil queen, who wears slinky ballgowns made of obsidian shards that clatter and clank with every step.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
I set out to visit the clank and whirr and hiss of the factory.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
With sweaty insecurity, Tucker steps on his punchlines and clanks the setups.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Maybe until the final seconds of the season opener when he clanks one?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
We discern distinct melodies linking the clanks and buzzes of Song Sparrow songs, sentencelike structure in the Red-winged Blackbird’s pronouncement of conk-la-ree! and a cheery whistle in the wide-open-beaked songs of the White-throated Sparrow.
From Scientific American ● May 4, 2022
Saturday’s game was filled with a lot more clanks than swishes for Seattle U. But as basketball coaches often say, offense can come and go.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022
In his motel room, Cabot could hear the sound of clanks, bangs, and heavy motors outside as a crew tore down the motel’s existing sign to replace it with the new one.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
The next day, Benge totally clanked it, and Davis totally nailed it — in the moment, not with some scripted phrase waiting in his pocket.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
“John Cage would like this,” she said, gesturing at us with the ever-present two cigarettes in her hand, as forks clanked on plates.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
He smiled as another shell clanked into the dumpster.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
His drive clanked off the foul pole in front of the second deck, turning a Yankees runaway into what became an Orioles thriller.
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2023
As Gardenia clanked dishes in the kitchen, her brother-in-law asked Bobbette what she did for a living.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
As the din of clanking metal dims, the smell of grease and exhaust lingers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Coronado climbed a ladder up the pueblo walls in his clanking armor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Eventually, others could be heard speaking loudly and dishes clanking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
As a bonus, I’d learn a few things while she availed herself of uninterrupted free time, which wasn’t really free, since I’d often hear a running vacuum or dishes clanking in the sink.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026
You tell me when it comes on and I will come over, she yells over the noise of running water and clanking dishes.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
