clang
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The pink, mouse-like creatures lived in craters covered by dustbin lids - the lids' noisy "clang" gave the show its name.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
White and the other activists finished their speeches and then began a cacerolazo — a type of Latin American protest where people clang pots and pans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
In a clip posted on Instagram, the German relay team are jumping up and down in celebration when suddenly Strelow's bronze medal comes loose and a metallic clang echoes through the room.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
The young trio’s minimalist arrangements evoke the clang of downtown post-punk New York, while the new collection’s sly humor and deep well of hooks helped the dissonant turns go down easily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Inej heard a loud thunk, the plunk and clang of gears turning.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Its closing track, a harmonically suspended instrumental titled “The Brazilian,” flirted with the avant-garde by repeating the same anti-melody, anchored on a jungle of percussive clangs and hyperkinetic Simmons drum rolls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
MPs may find the clangs irritating but they should be grateful they weren't working in the Canadian Parliament in the 1980s.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
The two dancers, accompanied by metronomic clicks and clangs, oscillated like parts of a machine built to do a pendular, hip-wagging dance like the floss.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2022
It’s a fun, loose record stuffed with twisting and vibrating electronics that shifts tonally from pop-heavy melodies to erratic heavy clangs, as Smith’s voice wriggles around from gargled snarl to smoothed-out croon.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2020
The fence clangs and twangs like a weird musical instrument, and the nose of the truck begins to dip forward, revealing a gorge like a roller-coaster drop.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Pots clanged and oil sizzled inside the London kitchen of Syrian chef Imad Alarnab, as the former refugee who fled his country's civil war recalled hosting King Charles III.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
USC clung to a one-point lead as freshman Alijah Arenas stepped back for a jumper that clanged away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
When the ball clanged off the bright yellow pole, Judge raised his right hand toward the sky and tossed his bat to the ground, as bedlam erupted all around him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
McManus’ first of two errant field goals was a 50-yarder that clanged off the right upright in the first quarter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
I thought that right up until the moment the cell door clanged shut behind me and the guard yelled, “Lights out!”
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The ship lacks the usual clanging metal rigging of a modern sailboat, so the two-hour, $80 journey was nearly silent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Yet, Fire Island as a concept produces nothing more than a toy monkey clanging its cymbals in my brain.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
This sent alarm bells clanging back in Whitehall.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
Even as Winifred spoke two grappling hooks with climbing ropes attached came clanging over the parapet and lodged in the joints.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
