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

Jars clink when they’re stacked, metal scoops scrape against bins and the air carries the overlapping scents of a thousand kitchens.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 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

There is no sound other than the rhythmic clink of armor as the legionnaires patrol the ramparts.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir