metallic sound
Example Sentences
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Or it could mean the ping! that marks the loss of memory in the underworld — described in the play as “a small metallic sound of forgetfulness.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021
A foundational childhood memory my brothers and I have is the steady metallic sound of a Royal typewriter as we fell asleep, and the sound of it again in the morning.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 9, 2019
Kraviz’s metallic sound feels thunderous enough to bring the terracotta warriors to life.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2018
The trench walls also harbor four “funk holes,” dugouts where soldiers retreated deeper into the earth, away from the weather, the metallic sound of digging and the mortars’ whistle and boom.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 6, 2017
The room was full of the low murmur of conversation, punctuated by laughter and the metallic sound of spoons and forks scraping against the tin trays.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
