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
But before she can reflect upon its significance the great convent bell breaks forth in noisy clangour, causing a flutter among the figures outside, with a scattering helter skelter.
From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne
Hearing the thunder of horse-hoofs and the clangour of the chariot from afar, she bade one of the maidens go to the rampart of the Dūn and tell her what she saw.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
A clangour of trumpets wakes the echoes of the corridors.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
On the north is a very large Broad, called Hoveton Great p. 63Broad, whence comes the clangour of a large colony of black-headed gulls.
From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by Davies, G. Christopher
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