clatter

Example Sentences

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At Encirc's Elton factory, where bottles clatter along the conveyor belts to be filled and labelled, executives say energy prices are inseparable from the push to decarbonise.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

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

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

It is the clatter of chair-on-chair tackles that hits you as you walk into the sports hall in Lisburn.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

She dropped a pot into the sink with a clatter and turned on the water.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng