clatter

Example Sentences

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Aromatics are where things begin: ginger, garlic, onions and their cousins; the soft clatter of mirepoix or soffritto; a bloom of spices warming in fat.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

A nationwide noise ordinance is supposed to limit the din, especially late at night, but residents say the courtside clatter often goes unmuted.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

The scene is a family dinner in which ordinary household noises — the scrapes, plunks and clatter — and speech are pitched at irregular volumes and lack directional focus.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Anderson’s crew entombed their cameras in a custom-built insulated box to prevent their clatter from bleeding into the dialogue and sound of the film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Tariq drops a handful of Lego bricks so they clatter on the floor.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan