clonk

Example Sentences

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He might have been unsettled by a relatively slow start of 11 from 19 deliveries, or rattled by a clonk on the head from Alzarri Joseph.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

Robbie picked up another toy and — clonk — hit his father with the toss.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2020

You half expect it to be accompanied by a few sound effects: a clonk here, a parp there.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2019

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 • Jul. 2, 2012

It hit the top of his helmet with a clonk.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut