clunking

Example Sentences

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Eight men sliding 16 stones down an ice sheet to the soundtrack of clunking granite, furious sweeping and hollered commands of "hard" and "curl".

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2020

Foul balls clunking loudly upon landing in the seats.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 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

Soon they heard Moody’s distinctive clunking footsteps coming down the corridor, and he entered the room, looking as strange and frightening as ever.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling