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
As she sat in her cell she listened for the "clack clack clack" of the metal tips of the guard's boots as he patrolled outside.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2022
The noises grew louder and more distinct, the clack of wood on wood, and as they grew closer they heard heavy breathing as well, and now and then a grunt.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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