tunk

Example Sentences

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A curious sound, a hollow tunk, tunk, tunk, tunk-a-tunk, grew louder as I approached.

From Wilderness Ways by Copeland, Charles

There is nothing in it of the dull "tunk" of stone, or the blither "clink" of copper.

From The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages by True, John Preston

I heard the tunk of an oar then!

From The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf by Gordon, Harry

The curious sound was inside, growing more eager every moment—tunk, tunk, tunk-a-trrrrrrr-runk, tunk, tunk!

From Wilderness Ways by Copeland, Charles