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clank

[klangk] / klæŋk /
NOUN
metallic noise
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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

Officer Salzburg set his fork down with a loud clank, and I jumped guiltily.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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