clunk
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"I was hanging there for a second then I heard a click or a clunk and then I woke up on the floor," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2024
At times, I found myself fantasizing about nothing else in the world but the satisfying clunk of a torrent of ice from a self-serve soda fountain.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2023
“Then, we heard a clunk, and we all collectively knew one had dropped off. So we continued to do that, until the weights were all out.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2023
I do need to replace the tube one of these years: it sometimes makes a worrying clunk when I sit down.
From The Verge ● Apr. 27, 2022
“What?” said Ron, dropping his pestle with a loud clunk.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
At no point is Desiree’s identity presented in a way that clunks with “very special episode” messaging or talking points.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
He had only two hours rest the night before, and he remains sound asleep until the vehicle makes it back to base and the heavy steel handle by his ear clunks open.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2022
Over the years, the machine produced clicks, clunks, groans and some Wagnerian-scale mishaps.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2018
But, like a 10-year-old Prius, the state’s strategy is showing its age, gathering problems and, as it clunks along, crying out for a tune-up.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2016
I pull out a chair, which clunks along the patio tiles.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
From there, Scheffler whacked it out to where it clunked in front of the green, 29 yards from the cup.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2022
The Bengals clunked to a 4-11-1 finish amid the chaos and confusion of the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
She put her money in the machine and a can clunked down to the opening.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2018
The lock was stiff, but it clunked closed.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
While reviews were largely positive, The Quietus recoiled at the lack of heavy guitar anthems in a scathing screed that employed descriptors like "unintrusive", "clunking" and "by-numbers detritus".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025
Carroll said: “He’s really excited to be back. He was missed enormously and was good to see him out there clunking around with our guys and getting back into the rhythm of it.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
It’s nice to see emails clunking into the box with people’s thoughts and concerns, hopes and dreams, wants and fears, wry asides, pessimistic wails, cries from the heart.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2021
Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
Laughing and breathless, she touched the tree just seconds before Jojo did, her lunch bucket clunking against the trunk.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
