clatter
Example Sentences
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Nighthand glared and made an imperious gesture into a pile of stacked boxes, which overturned with a clatter.
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She clatters a plate of eggs, toast, and a cup of tea in front of me.
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She’s coughing so hard one of her knitting needles slides from her lap and clatters to the floor.
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The way Nanuq was clattering around underneath them sounded almost like a person making dinner.
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We climbed aboard the clattering omnibus just as it pulled up, and it carried us all the way to the southern edge of the city, where the prairie grasses grew tall and abundant.
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