clapper

Example Sentences

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“That’s a clapper rail,” Mike said, an endangered bird that makes its home in the estuary.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

When speaking to BBC News NI he brought along a clapper board, dog tag and Ranger Battalion jacket he kept from the set of Saving Private Ryan.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024

That clapper, William Sherman, a retiree from the Beaverdale neighborhood of Des Moines, was more than happy to share his feeling.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024

He measured mileage by attaching a rod inside a wagon wheel — based on the circumference of the wheel, a clapper would sound at each mile and that’s where a marker would go.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2020

Careful not to ring it, I wrapped the old sheet around and around the clapper till it was stuffed tight within the bell.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck