- a variation of clangor.
clangour
Britishnoun
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a loud resonant often-repeated noise
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an uproar
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of clangour
C16: from Latin clangor a noise, from clangere to clang
Example Sentences
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It comes as a welcome relief to find someone brave enough to suggest that with all its clamor and clangour there is possibly a word to be said for New York City.
From Time Magazine Archive
Below her to the right rose the smoke of the town and the ceaseless clangour of the ship-building yards.
From White Fire by John Oxenham
You know the clangour of a station bell; of all sounds the last that it resembles is that of the funeral knell; yet this was its echo in the heart of Gladys.
From A Bride from the Bush by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
I loathed the idea of getting into the hot bunk and lying there, stewing, a clear keen, clangour of thoughts making sleep impossible.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
Alongside, the frogs were making the deafening clangour of an iron foundry, and through that sound shrilled the cicadas.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
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