clattered

Example Sentences

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Wine spilled and serving trays clattered to the ground as people screamed and sobbed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

But moments later Davide Bartesaghi clattered into Mikael Ellertsson, leaving Stanciu with the task of beating France goalkeeper Mike Maignan and taking a shock three points.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

At 1-0 he clattered an effort against the underside of the crossbar, and at 1-1 had a thumping header hit the post.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

In an ordinary industrial building off a busy Orange County street, a Seussian contraption, nearly 100 feet long, clattered to life.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024

As they passed the last of the sad wooden buildings something whistled past his head and clattered off the street and broke up against the wall of the block building on the other side.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy