clangour
Britishnoun
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a loud resonant often-repeated noise
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an uproar
verb
Other Word Forms
- clangorous adjective
- clangorously adverb
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
The clangour and fury of this book could hardly fail to jar upon the nerves of so decorously classical a writer as Prescott.
From William Hickling Prescott by Peck, Harry Thurston
The roar of the trains on the nearby Elevated seemed muted, the clangour of the Third Avenue surface cars blunted, and Joan fancied that the street lamps burned with an added lustre.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
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
I had barely finished when the clangour of a great gong startled me.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.
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