clanging

Example Sentences

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But classic feels too fusty and self-conscious, even though “Hokum” has all the tropes: looming figures, clanging bells, ominous dumbwaiters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 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

Inside the facility, a clanging noise echoes through the pens.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024

They passed through industrial neighborhoods, where the orb buzz was drowned out by the sound of clanging hammers and the whir of saws.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat