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clang

[klang] / klæŋ /
NOUN
clank
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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

The young trio’s minimalist arrangements evoke the clang of downtown post-punk New York, while the new collection’s sly humor and deep well of hooks helped the dissonant turns go down easily.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 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

But what if those bells are right outside your bedroom window day and night, and rather than tinkle gently, clang loudly around the necks of 20 or 30 cows?

From BBC Nov. 2, 2023

I dropped my milk can and ran for my life; the can hit the road with a clang and rolled away.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

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

The two dancers, accompanied by metronomic clicks and clangs, oscillated like parts of a machine built to do a pendular, hip-wagging dance like the floss.

From New York Times Jan. 16, 2022

The clangs of the passing trolleys and beeps of the pedestrian walk signals echoed in the downtown area’s near-empty streets.

From The Guardian Mar. 20, 2020

One of the radiators clangs and steams all day despite various attempts to shut it down.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

USC clung to a one-point lead as freshman Alijah Arenas stepped back for a jumper that clanged away.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 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

He left the baby on the doorstep of a home on the other bank and returned to his waiting wife, and the prison doors clanged shut, locking them in once more.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

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

“My Soul / Half Pint,” which features Dry Cleaning fan Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on clanging guitar, is about a woman who meticulously arranges her house but finds cleaning “demeaning.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

This sent alarm bells clanging back in Whitehall.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2025

Suddenly there was a clank and a clanging and the squeal of metal above him and he looked up.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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