clang
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In a clip posted on Instagram, the German relay team are jumping up and down in celebration when suddenly Strelow's bronze medal comes loose and a metallic clang echoes through the room.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
Bee Wilson’s own painful memories were triggered by the clang of a heart-shaped baking tin falling to the floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The first American pope has been a font of endless, odd connections to the New World that clang against the public perception of the ancient Catholic Church.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
“What did I want to do?” she asked, as the clang of a trolley car rang from the K Street Mall below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2024
The rain started falling in earnest as Magdalys heaved it aside with a clang.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Back at the centrifuge, it slows to a stop and the door clangs open.
From BBC ● May 8, 2024
Looking for a muse, the 26-year-old found one in the clangs, hisses and whistles of a train trip to Boston.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Smith complements the suffocating visuals with an elaborate sound design involving an anxiety-inducing assortment of squeaks, gurgles, moans, whispers, whimpers and clangs that make “Tin Can” well worth watching with headphones.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
It’s a fun, loose record stuffed with twisting and vibrating electronics that shifts tonally from pop-heavy melodies to erratic heavy clangs, as Smith’s voice wriggles around from gargled snarl to smoothed-out croon.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2020
A couple of clangs, and, slowly, we begin to move.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Pots clanged and oil sizzled inside the London kitchen of Syrian chef Imad Alarnab, as the former refugee who fled his country's civil war recalled hosting King Charles III.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
When the ball clanged off the bright yellow pole, Judge raised his right hand toward the sky and tossed his bat to the ground, as bedlam erupted all around him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
Jason Heyward turned on a 100 mph fastball and clanged it off the Roberto Clemente Wall for a double in the second inning.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
At this my internal alarm bells clanged furiously enough to make me hit the pause button.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023
Before she knew it, the final bell clanged.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Yet, Fire Island as a concept produces nothing more than a toy monkey clanging its cymbals in my brain.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
In recent weeks, furious Havana residents have signaled their displeasure with the outages in nightly crescendos of clanging pots and pans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
The closing number, “Match-Lit,” features a moody production with a clanging snare drum and bits of pedal-steel guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025
She clenched her jaw as Cain and Grave flew across the sparring ring, swords clanging.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
