clink

Example Sentences

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I could hear laughter in the background, the clink of glasses.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Just the clink of glasses and the shuffle of a waiter’s shoes.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

Or maybe the appetizers are the whole of it, a nice chance to clink glasses with the neighbors or some old friends passing through town.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2023

When the judge sent him off to the clink, Puck’s Teddy Schleifer reported, his mother cried in the courtroom.

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2023

They were shelling peas; even through the almost-closed door 1 could hear the light clink of the hard peas falling into the metal bowl.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood