clatter

Example Sentences

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Aromatics are where things begin: ginger, garlic, onions and their cousins; the soft clatter of mirepoix or soffritto; a bloom of spices warming in fat.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

A nationwide noise ordinance is supposed to limit the din, especially late at night, but residents say the courtside clatter often goes unmuted.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Anderson’s crew entombed their cameras in a custom-built insulated box to prevent their clatter from bleeding into the dialogue and sound of the film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

Then things got difficult for the Lions, as Pasifika got up a head of steam and began to clatter into collisions.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

“You must be very clever,” he said drily, “to make so much clatter with only one coin!”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya