clanging

Example Sentences

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But classic feels too fusty and self-conscious, even though “Hokum” has all the tropes: looming figures, clanging bells, ominous dumbwaiters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

“My Soul / Half Pint,” which features Dry Cleaning fan Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on clanging guitar, is about a woman who meticulously arranges her house but finds cleaning “demeaning.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

The hilltop temples echoed with chants, while dance troupes performed with clanging cymbals and bagpipes.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2025

Are the fears of childhood little more than a clanging we try our whole lives to suppress?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

There was some clanking and clanging inside the shed while Mr. Fitzgibbon, looking over his shoulder, worked some levers on the side of the tractor.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien