clacking

Example Sentences

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We saw an egret and a rabbit, and when I heard a clacking sound, Mike brightened.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

To be completely fair, if Perkins sought out to make a film that was brutal for brutality’s sake, I might not even be sitting here, clacking away on my keyboard.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025

The din of clacking keyboards grew noticeably softer for a minute or two, as we all made an effort to gently swipe our keys subtly rather than banging them like we were auditioning for Stomp.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2023

Cell doors shut noiselessly, with the silence only broken when guards use clacking devices or banged metal pipes to warn colleagues that they were escorting a suspect to avoid meeting others.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023

“Another one for the vocabulary list, I see, Nell,” my aunt said with a sigh, the railroad tracks clacking below our feet as we rolled east across Indiana.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan