clack

Example Sentences

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Imagine “the incessant clack of cowboy boots against the cobblestones” that could have been, he thinks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

I will read each new directive from my political leadership and clack away at my keyboard to implement it as best as I can.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025

“Let’s go, let’s go,” Barraza says, striding through the halls, each clack of his leather boots ringing out like an act of defiance to a society that has long rejected people like him.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024

It's 18 January 1976 and the clack of the turnstiles at Kilcohan Park is non-stop as more than 6,000 people cram their way into the home ground of Irish club Waterford FC.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

Between songs came the clack and rattle of the carts and walking people.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli