clunking

Example Sentences

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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

Daniels strode briskly to the stand, not looking at Trump, her shoes clunking on the floor.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2020

This type of wry evangelicalism was about as close to later English Puritanism as Italian eurocommunism would be to the clunking fist of Stalinism.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2018

Cedric was still looking at him in a slightly suspicious way when Harry heard a familiar clunking noise behind him.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling