Example Sentences

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Clinking glasses all around was Ryyan Alshebl, a lanky, bearded 29-year-old from Syria.

From New York Times • May 28, 2023

Clinking our glasses together, we toasted our good fortune.

From Scientific American • Apr. 19, 2014

Clinking glasses with him, Beatrice responded: "Success to abstinence!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Clinking plates and the sound of steaming milk fill the lull.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

"Clinking little motors," replied Kenyon, enthusiastically, as he studied the spotlessly clean mechanism with professional interest.

From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)