- present participle of clack.
clacking
Example Sentences
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It requires the audience to bring their own bad vibes to shots of religious icons on the wall and long takes of Evy clacking on her laptop, unaware of a flickering light behind her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
To be completely fair, if Perkins sought out to make a film that was brutal for brutality’s sake, I might not even be sitting here, clacking away on my keyboard.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2025
All the while, SBF sat totally still, occasionally clacking away at the laptop in front of him.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2023
Cell doors shut noiselessly, with the silence only broken when guards use clacking devices or banged metal pipes to warn colleagues that they were escorting a suspect to avoid meeting others.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023
As the hours pass I get used to the motion of the train, the heavy wheels clacking in their grooves, the industrial hum under my seat.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
