clunking

Example Sentences

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Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Carroll said: “He’s really excited to be back. He was missed enormously and was good to see him out there clunking around with our guys and getting back into the rhythm of it.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 28, 2022

It’s nice to see emails clunking into the box with people’s thoughts and concerns, hopes and dreams, wants and fears, wry asides, pessimistic wails, cries from the heart.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2021

Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2020

After hours of waiting impatiently, we heard the clunking of an engine down the road.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah