clunk
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The road was too narrow to swerve, and we heard a nasty clunk.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
A loud clunk and the crowd roared as the ball sailed above the field and over the fence for a walk-off home run to seal the championship win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2024
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
I’ve found the gear shifting to be smooth far more often than not, albeit with the very occasional clunk.
From The Verge ● Dec. 8, 2020
“What?” said Ron, dropping his pestle with a loud clunk.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" 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
He had only two hours rest the night before, and he remains sound asleep until the vehicle makes it back to base and the heavy steel handle by his ear clunks open.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2022
But, like a 10-year-old Prius, the state’s strategy is showing its age, gathering problems and, as it clunks along, crying out for a tune-up.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2016
This time it shifts a little, but then the rope slips through my hands and the trap clunks back on the bottom.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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
From there, Scheffler whacked it out to where it clunked in front of the green, 29 yards from the cup.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 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 tires clunked over gaping potholes, and my driver steered erratically down the street.
From Slate ● May 6, 2016
“He is so creepy'? Parvati whispered as Moody clunked away. “I don’t think that eye should be allowed!”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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
However, 40dB of a smooth, consistent hum is very different from 40dB of clunking, rattling or screeching.
From BBC ● May 30, 2021
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
I could hear the garbage trucks clunking down the street and the birds in our backyard.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
