clomp

Example Sentences

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As the queen’s coffin — followed closely by the royal family, led by King Charles — passed by, the only noise was the distant thump of drumbeats and the clomp of horses’ hooves.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

On any fine weekend morning like that one, Vermont’s ski resorts are clamorous: Whirring chairs spin skiers uphill, snow-making machines hiss at the edge of the trail and booted visitors clomp into cafeterias.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

When my grandmothers visited, I would beg them to let me clomp around in their high heels, which they sweetly if probably rather worriedly indulged.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2020

“I was good! But I think I move like a writer. I clomp through life.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 22, 2016

I heard her clogs clomp across the marble foyer, then the front door open and close.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings