Example Sentences
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When friends clacked at keyboards, examined patients, or taught middle schoolers math, I bicycled Arthur's froggy legs because humans aren't born knowing how to pass gas.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2022
They dipped their shoe polish beaks into the water and clacked and honked.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022
That day she wore sensible ankle boots, which clacked against the ground as she added palm oil to her basket, then hot sauce for her husband.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2022
They might have growled, hissed, clicked or even bill clacked, opening and closing their beaks to make a clattering sound.
From Scientific American • Jan. 10, 2022
Wooden hoops dangled from her ears, and when she waved a hand, the thick bangles on her wrist clacked against each other noisily.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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