clink

Example Sentences

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Even before the night’s performances began, attendees were clinking glasses and giving lingering hugs — the kind befitting the last day of summer camp.

From Los Angeles Times

Miss Mortimer’s spoon slipped from her fingers and landed on the saucer with a clink.

From Literature

“Awfully interesting, more like it. What an inspiring collection of rogues I met in the clink! I’ve got enough material for twenty plays now.”

From Literature

Except for the sound of Mama humming and the clinking of dishes as she washed them in the sink, the house was quiet.

From Literature

There might be subtle signs she has a boyfriend, like the back of a head, or two clinking wine glasses at dinner, but the 24-year-old says she has no intention of posting his face.

From BBC