clunk
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Riders and drivers took increasingly elaborate swerves to avoid the wince-inducing jolts of a full-on pothole clunk.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
At times, I found myself fantasizing about nothing else in the world but the satisfying clunk of a torrent of ice from a self-serve soda fountain.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2023
“When we heard our first clunk, that was such a relief,” Price recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
The one real clunk in the works is the framing device.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2022
Kyle heard the whir of spinning wheels, the clink of grinding gears, and a reverberating clunk.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
At no point is Desiree’s identity presented in a way that clunks with “very special episode” messaging or talking points.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
In the back room of the threadbare offices of the Irish soccer team Bohemians, the printer clunks and chugs and whirs incessantly, spitting out a cascade of shipping labels.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
The fan she does have slowly clunks as it starts, eventually whirring into action.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
But, like a 10-year-old Prius, the state’s strategy is showing its age, gathering problems and, as it clunks along, crying out for a tune-up.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2016
This time it shifts a little, but then the rope slips through my hands and the trap clunks back on the bottom.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
The Bengals clunked to a 4-11-1 finish amid the chaos and confusion of the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
One floor down, in her music studio, Anderson clunked the black box down.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
They clunked their way through a first-round matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers mostly by relying on Durant to score a lot.
From Slate ● May 30, 2019
She clunked her head the way Fern does when she’s proud of herself or when she knows she’s right.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Daniels strode briskly to the stand, not looking at Trump, her shoes clunking on the floor.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
However, 40dB of a smooth, consistent hum is very different from 40dB of clunking, rattling or screeching.
From BBC ● May 30, 2021
Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
This type of wry evangelicalism was about as close to later English Puritanism as Italian eurocommunism would be to the clunking fist of Stalinism.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2018
Mom’s feet clacked down the hall, followed by a clunking and skittering sound.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
