clapper

Example Sentences

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But when he recorded the sequel, a dozen clappers turned out.

From New York Times

Then, as the 10-second clapper sounded in the closing seconds of the round, he unloaded a barrage of punches that dropped Swanson and forced the TKO stoppage at the 4:57 mark.

From BBC

More steel tubes branch out from the top of the rods in an interlinked canopy that is hung with dozens of differently shaped and patterned ceramic bells, each with a copper clapper.

From New York Times

In the shadow of Facebook’s headquarters, dozens of unsheltered people made their home on a 60-acre plot of grass and marshland they shared with clapper rails, foxes, coyotes and other Silicon Valley wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times

As well as recording slow-motion video of the butterflies in flight, the researchers constructed two simple pairs of mechanical clappers to test their ideas.

From BBC