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The metallic clang of sharp claws should evoke mythic combat, not knife prep at a roast beef station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The pink, mouse-like creatures lived in craters covered by dustbin lids - the lids' noisy "clang" gave the show its name.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

White and the other activists finished their speeches and then began a cacerolazo — a type of Latin American protest where people clang pots and pans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

In a clip posted on Instagram, the German relay team are jumping up and down in celebration when suddenly Strelow's bronze medal comes loose and a metallic clang echoes through the room.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

Tansy reached for the cowbell to give me a double clang when we all heard a sudden sound from outside: a splintering of wood and a screech, then a howl from J.W.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

She often prepares athletes to weather the gauntlet of “firsts” — the first shot that clangs, the first whistle, the first crowd cheer — without expecting much beyond survival.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025

Back at the centrifuge, it slows to a stop and the door clangs open.

From BBC ● May 8, 2024

Smith complements the suffocating visuals with an elaborate sound design involving an anxiety-inducing assortment of squeaks, gurgles, moans, whispers, whimpers and clangs that make “Tin Can” well worth watching with headphones.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022

It’s a fun, loose record stuffed with twisting and vibrating electronics that shifts tonally from pop-heavy melodies to erratic heavy clangs, as Smith’s voice wriggles around from gargled snarl to smoothed-out croon.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2020

A couple of clangs, and, slowly, we begin to move.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Pots clanged and oil sizzled inside the London kitchen of Syrian chef Imad Alarnab, as the former refugee who fled his country's civil war recalled hosting King Charles III.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

When the ball clanged off the bright yellow pole, Judge raised his right hand toward the sky and tossed his bat to the ground, as bedlam erupted all around him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

The ball clanged off the front rim, appearing short — until backspin carried it to the back iron for a second bounce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

McManus’ first of two errant field goals was a 50-yarder that clanged off the right upright in the first quarter.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

Well, it kind of clanged like an alarm clock somebody had knocked to the floor one too many times.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Yet, Fire Island as a concept produces nothing more than a toy monkey clanging its cymbals in my brain.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

In a room filled with pounding noises and clanging cowbells, L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 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

“We don’t have time to—” A loud clanging sound cut the man off, a metallic bang that shot through the air like a cannon.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner