clank

Example Sentences

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At the end of the week, the recycling truck picked them up and they clinked and clanked so loudly that the whole neighborhood could hear it.

From Literature

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

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

There was a clanking of hooves along the deserted waterfront.

From Literature

We climb the train station stairs and cross the bridge over the tracks, our shoes clanking on the iron floor.

From Literature