clacking
- present participle of clack.
Example Sentences
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It requires the audience to bring their own bad vibes to shots of religious icons on the wall and long takes of Evy clacking on her laptop, unaware of a flickering light behind her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
There's a reassuring clacking as the individual letters hit the blank white page in quick, noisy succession:
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
To be completely fair, if Perkins sought out to make a film that was brutal for brutality’s sake, I might not even be sitting here, clacking away on my keyboard.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2025
Sound: the whirring and clacking of many machines.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
Nothing but the sound of the door gently hitting the wall behind it, keeping time with the ties clacking beneath us.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
