clank

It’s already quite hot inside my shoebox apartment as the radiators clank away, drowning out my upstairs neighbor’s heavy footsteps with their cacophonous symphony.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

The clank of this supposed breakthrough idea is as inelegant as the meandering storytelling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

"It feels like a prison," he says as the gates clank shut behind him.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

“All is fair where you wear the crown,” snipes Gal Gadot’s evil queen, who wears slinky ballgowns made of obsidian shards that clatter and clank with every step.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

The satisfying clank of the bars dropping back into their hooks when I was done.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

It could be a ball that clanks off the roof and into play instead of flying into the stands for a home run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Mr. Rasmussen makes Douglass’s conversion vivid and persuasive; Mr. Rebeiro exposes its jurisprudential machinery with impressive precision, even when that machinery clanks a little.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The barge also retains fixtures from Panto’s days: Patinated rigging blocks hang from the ceiling; a century-old bell clanks when the barge jerks.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

Saturday’s game was filled with a lot more clanks than swishes for Seattle U. But as basketball coaches often say, offense can come and go.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2022

Jesper had expected some thunderous noise, but except for a few creaks and clanks, the machinery was silent.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

“If they clanked, which a lot of them did.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

“John Cage would like this,” she said, gesturing at us with the ever-present two cigarettes in her hand, as forks clanked on plates.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

LeBron James, amazing again with 16 points in the final dozen minutes, clanked a foolish three-point shot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2023

He smiled as another shell clanked into the dumpster.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

She clucked her tongue as all but one coin clanked into the tin with the rest of that week’s Booker money.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

We watched him operate a vintage letterpress, the mechanisms whirring and clanking like a steam engine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Coronado climbed a ladder up the pueblo walls in his clanking armor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

As a bonus, I’d learn a few things while she availed herself of uninterrupted free time, which wasn’t really free, since I’d often hear a running vacuum or dishes clanking in the sink.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

"So that means we're going to see lights and hear lorries and cars and clanking about," says Jenny Upson, 74, a Felixstowe Road resident for 17 years.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025

The whole assembled group followed as Werfel carefully picked his way among the giant curls and shards of broken glass with Regibald, dressed in full armor, clanking behind him.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin