clang
verb (used without object)
to give out a loud, resonant sound, as that produced by a large bell or two heavy pieces of metal striking together.
are clanging
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present progressiveof clang.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Then The Trolley Song, and by now the fans are clanging time with their feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
There’s a fire in the city! the engines are coming! The bold bells are clanging, “Make way in the street!”The wheels of the hose-cart are spinning and humming In time to the music of galloping feet.
From Poems of Power by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
