clack

Example Sentences

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Imagine “the incessant clack of cowboy boots against the cobblestones” that could have been, he thinks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

I will read each new directive from my political leadership and clack away at my keyboard to implement it as best as I can.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2025

“Let’s go, let’s go,” Barraza says, striding through the halls, each clack of his leather boots ringing out like an act of defiance to a society that has long rejected people like him.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024

It's 18 January 1976 and the clack of the turnstiles at Kilcohan Park is non-stop as more than 6,000 people cram their way into the home ground of Irish club Waterford FC.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

And if she turned away from faces looking past her through restaurant windows, that Violet heard the clack of the plate glass in mean March wind.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison