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clank

[klangk] / klæŋk /
NOUN
metallic noise
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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

"It feels like a prison," he says as the gates clank shut behind him.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

“All is fair where you wear the crown,” snipes Gal Gadot’s evil queen, who wears slinky ballgowns made of obsidian shards that clatter and clank with every step.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 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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