clunk
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The road was too narrow to swerve, and we heard a nasty clunk.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 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
“Then, we heard a clunk, and we all collectively knew one had dropped off. So we continued to do that, until the weights were all out.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
At the other end, Jaquez missed a runner, clunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2022
“What?” said Ron, dropping his pestle with a loud clunk.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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
The fan she does have slowly clunks as it starts, eventually whirring into action.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
Over the years, the machine produced clicks, clunks, groans and some Wagnerian-scale mishaps.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2018
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
There was a scraping as everyone drew their cauldrons toward them and some loud clunks as people began adding weights to their scales, but nobody spoke.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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
As his car clunked and bumped along, Mr. Trepid thought about the red Cadillac convertible.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Daniels strode briskly to the stand, not looking at Trump, her shoes clunking on the floor.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
Members moved from a vision of a greener, smooth-running Scotland in the P&J Arena to the city centre, and a clunking re-engagement with a very different reality on the rails.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2022
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
It is hard to keep going on when your body is clunking away.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
