clank

The prison through which he is escorted is a maze of many gates, rusted metal barriers to movement that echo, with every thud and clank, the stymied processes of Soviet justice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

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

"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

A voice came through the trees accompanied by the dull clank of a bell.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

In the bloopers, he clanks about 20 beforehand.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

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

Yet they can’t do any of this while Westbrook and his clanks and his complaining are allowed to create a sort of mud into which this shiny new car’s back tires are sinking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2022

We discern distinct melodies linking the clanks and buzzes of Song Sparrow songs, sentencelike structure in the Red-winged Blackbird’s pronouncement of conk-la-ree! and a cheery whistle in the wide-open-beaked songs of the White-throated Sparrow.

From Scientific American ● May 4, 2022

She clanks pots and then turns on the faucet.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

The next day, Benge totally clanked it, and Davis totally nailed it — in the moment, not with some scripted phrase waiting in his pocket.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Mittelstadt’s goal, batted out of the air, clanked off the front of the mask of Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck, one of the league’s best goalies, off Jets defenseman Brenden Dillon and into the net.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024

He smiled as another shell clanked into the dumpster.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

His drive clanked off the foul pole in front of the second deck, turning a Yankees runaway into what became an Orioles thriller.

From Washington Times ● May 25, 2023

Suddenly the cell door clanked open and what seemed like an entire squadron of LEP officers flooded the confined space.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

The director’s moaning score here, supplemented with sputtering engines and clanking chains, underline the movie’s ghost-story vibe — the sense that poor Nick is both alive and dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

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

The buckets make a muted, frozen clanking as they are refilled.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr