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There’s Mrs. Duggan’s sitting room, for example, with its “faint, high whistling of the gas fire”; and “the weary clatter of half-hearted washing-up” in a depressing cafe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Aromatics are where things begin: ginger, garlic, onions and their cousins; the soft clatter of mirepoix or soffritto; a bloom of spices warming in fat.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026

A nationwide noise ordinance is supposed to limit the din, especially late at night, but residents say the courtside clatter often goes unmuted.

From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025

That does not mean a defender cannot be sent off if they try to stop a shot and clatter into an attacker.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025

The clatter of the falling cans sends the rat squealing and sets Mav barking from inside the house.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

She watches a humanoid robot totter around a demonstration kitchen until it trips on a chair and clatters to the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Dimitar Mitov comes out in an effort to stop Emiliano Marcondes as he attempts to get his head on Rocky Bushiri's deflected shot and absolutely clatters into the Hibs attacker.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024

A conveyor clatters as the last papers are carried to the bundlers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

But at the very moment of its triumphant recovery, the painting clatters to the floor, by simple accident.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021

The black box clatters to the ground, but by the time I open my eyes, it has disappeared.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

Wine spilled and serving trays clattered to the ground as people screamed and sobbed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

But moments later Davide Bartesaghi clattered into Mikael Ellertsson, leaving Stanciu with the task of beating France goalkeeper Mike Maignan and taking a shock three points.

From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026

Their appearance was a sensation – combining sheer technical skill with a thrilling joie de vivre, as they span their double basses, twirled their trumpets and clattered their cowbells, all while clad in Venezuelan-flag jackets.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

A tattooed skateboarder clattered over sidewalks, and a man sat on a bench in the shade, reading the Bible and taking notes near the opera house where the musical “Oklahoma” was playing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

When they clattered over the first wooden bridge south of the crossroads, Jonathan was still far behind.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

Once it missed the dishwasher altogether, sending a plate clattering to the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Surrounded by sons and grandsons under a clattering ceiling fan, Safi showed the tattered identity document he has kept since fleeing the Soviet occupation more than four decades ago.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

It's touching and poignant, but a clattering breakbeat is a distraction from the sentiment.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Ups & Downs” is an instrumental with a droning keyboard—perhaps a harmonium—along with a clarinet and clattering percussion that sounds like a drum kit being slowly unpacked from its case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

The table was strangely quiet, Mama and Doc sipping coffee and Jay eating up his breakfast without the usual clattering of his spoon against the bowl.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce