clank

Example Sentences

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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

“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

Her purse fell out of her hands and hit the floor with a muted clank as she put her arms around Pita.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall