clank

Example Sentences

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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

Inspired by the raw, noisy clank of Jeru the Damaja’s 1993 East Coast hit “Come Clean,” “Cell Therapy” was built on a swirl of dub-inflected noise and an icy piano riff.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

Silver tongs and spoons hanging from the cart chime and clank, and the wheels clatter and wallow.

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