clattered

Example Sentences

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Busy markets sold butchered meats and fast-wilting vegetables, horse carts clattered, children shouted, and men and women gossiped in coffeehouses and read from printed newspapers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

But moments later Davide Bartesaghi clattered into Mikael Ellertsson, leaving Stanciu with the task of beating France goalkeeper Mike Maignan and taking a shock three points.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

In an ordinary industrial building off a busy Orange County street, a Seussian contraption, nearly 100 feet long, clattered to life.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024

"As I put the scrubs on something clattered to the floor and a colleague spotted the ring and alerted me," Mr Shah said.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2024

“You’re so fortunate to be in Damask,” the wireless girl shouted at me as we clattered through the dark—no lights, not even those useless slitty blackout headlamps.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein