clacking

Example Sentences

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It requires the audience to bring their own bad vibes to shots of religious icons on the wall and long takes of Evy clacking on her laptop, unaware of a flickering light behind her.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

There's a reassuring clacking as the individual letters hit the blank white page in quick, noisy succession:

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Then they have a bunch of specific calls they give when interacting with others to keep the interaction going longer, such as laughing during play, or teeth clacking during grooming,” Crockford said.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

Sound: the whirring and clacking of many machines.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Now the boat was all noise, with wind luffing die sails and the boom slamming back and forth and the sails popping, ropes whipping and clacking, and the halyards slapping against the mast: whap, whap.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen