clack

Example Sentences

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Imagine “the incessant clack of cowboy boots against the cobblestones” that could have been, he thinks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

I will read each new directive from my political leadership and clack away at my keyboard to implement it as best as I can.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025

As she sat in her cell she listened for the "clack clack clack" of the metal tips of the guard's boots as he patrolled outside.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2022

Ellie is a knee-high Vietnamese potbellied pig with a black coat and hooves that clack on the floor as she walks from her kitchen food dish.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2022

An hour or more later the clack of the train changed pitch: we were crossing a trestle.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom