clonk

Example Sentences

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The heavy clonk of two snooker balls colliding?

From The Guardian

At which point Fellaini fouled Sergio Agüero three times in a rapid-fire combination punch, the last a reaction to Agüero’s invasion of his personal space that saw him bend down like a stork inspecting an oyster and clonk foreheads.

From The Guardian

The slope is so steep that the heavy briefcase clatters against the ground at every step, so he swings it in front of him – clonk – like a ship using an anchor to warp out of harbour against the green, vertical tide.

From The Guardian

So I’ll just clonk you on the back of the head with a brick, put you out so you won’t be there.

From Salon

His words were punctuated by the clonk of the bamboo shishi-odoshi in the garden, which filled up with water then tipped and emptied, falling back against its rock.

From The New Yorker