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
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