clunk
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Riders and drivers took increasingly elaborate swerves to avoid the wince-inducing jolts of a full-on pothole clunk.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
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
“When we heard our first clunk, that was such a relief,” Price recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
The one real clunk in the works is the framing device.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2022
There was a loud clunk, a splutter, and the engine died completely.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" 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
In the back room of the threadbare offices of the Irish soccer team Bohemians, the printer clunks and chugs and whirs incessantly, spitting out a cascade of shipping labels.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
The fan she does have slowly clunks as it starts, eventually whirring into action.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
McIlroy clunks a chip 15 feet past the hole.
From The Guardian ● May 17, 2019
With two sharp clunks, the doors flew open and Harry felt his seat tip sideways: Next thing he knew he was sprawled on the damp ground.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
After the robots noisily clunked down the stairs, the strangeness of the encounter began to fade.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
The offense further clunked with 5 for 21 from three-point range, one of the makes on a Nembhard heave with 19 seconds left that briefly made the score 68-65.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022
The Bengals clunked to a 4-11-1 finish amid the chaos and confusion of the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
The turntable gave a dying ahhh and the stylus clunked home.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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
He described the film as a "structurally calamitous reboot", adding: "Mulan is clunking, illogical and anaesthetised by political correctness."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2020
Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2020
I’d heard the piano played countless times before, to accompany hymns, but when Mary played it, the sound was nothing like that formless clunking.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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