clunking

Example Sentences

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After clicking and clunking through the barriers, they are guided to a tight alleyway before ascending metal stairways that have the feel of being in the gardens of the adjoining homes.

From BBC • May 10, 2023

It’s nice to see emails clunking into the box with people’s thoughts and concerns, hopes and dreams, wants and fears, wry asides, pessimistic wails, cries from the heart.

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2021

Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2020

Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2020

After hours of waiting impatiently, we heard the clunking of an engine down the road.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah