clapper

Example Sentences

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“There is this secretive marsh bird called a clapper rail,” Mx.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

When the sound is rolling and the clapper has been hit, I never say “Action.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2023

A clapper rail darts for cover in a patch of coastal red mangroves.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2021

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

Somewhere inside was an old bronze clapper belonging to the bell of the Desert Gold, the ship that had gone down with King Fieldspar on his return from the Trove.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee