clatter

Example Sentences

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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

Anderson’s crew entombed their cameras in a custom-built insulated box to prevent their clatter from bleeding into the dialogue and sound of the film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

That rude clatter is his equivalent of a sonnet.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

The hobgoblin king had fled into the night with his queen, leaving his wrought iron crown to clatter to the ground.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish