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However, the clank of granite went against them in the seventh, an unfortunate bounce leaving Canada the chance of three, which they gladly took.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

It’s already quite hot inside my shoebox apartment as the radiators clank away, drowning out my upstairs neighbor’s heavy footsteps with their cacophonous symphony.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

The clank of this supposed breakthrough idea is as inelegant as the meandering storytelling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

USC then drove to the 10-yard line with seconds left in the half, only for kicker Ryon Sayeri to clank a 27-yard field-goal attempt off the goalpost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2025

There was no one anywhere, come to that—no passing traffic, not a sound but the lazy clank of a metal ring knocking against the flagpole.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Mr. Rasmussen makes Douglass’s conversion vivid and persuasive; Mr. Rebeiro exposes its jurisprudential machinery with impressive precision, even when that machinery clanks a little.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The barge also retains fixtures from Panto’s days: Patinated rigging blocks hang from the ceiling; a century-old bell clanks when the barge jerks.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

Then suddenly, his jump shot clanks off the rim, and a teenager crashes the scene.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022

Maybe until the final seconds of the season opener when he clanks one?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

Effie sniffs as the door clanks closed behind us.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

“If they clanked, which a lot of them did.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

But as silky smooth as the sequence looked — and as strange as a slump from Watkins seemed — the step-back clanked away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025

“John Cage would like this,” she said, gesturing at us with the ever-present two cigarettes in her hand, as forks clanked on plates.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

He smiled as another shell clanked into the dumpster.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

The dungeon door clanked shut, leaving the prisoners staring at the pile of uncut stones in the flickering light.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

As the din of clanking metal dims, the smell of grease and exhaust lingers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

We watched him operate a vintage letterpress, the mechanisms whirring and clanking like a steam engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

As a bonus, I’d learn a few things while she availed herself of uninterrupted free time, which wasn’t really free, since I’d often hear a running vacuum or dishes clanking in the sink.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

The clanking of glass bottles can be heard in the security footage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025

I place three forks and three plates on the table without clanking.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari