clank
noun
a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other.
are clanking
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present progressiveof clank.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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Here too, yellow machines are clanking, beeping and juddering as they scoop up debris from the worst flood anyone in the town can remember.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
When the team is hitting 3s it is hard to beat; when the players’ shots are clanking off the rim it is hard to imagine how they ever win.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2013
Meanwhile, complaints are clanking in from other chains, which are striving to meet A. & P.'s posted prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
A moment later, there are clanking keys and footfalls and her father’s voice calls her name.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
No, he can hear the tread of the royal sargent-at-arms; his spurs and sword are clanking on the pavement.
From Masques & Phases by Robert Ross
