clangour
Britishnoun
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a loud resonant often-repeated noise
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an uproar
verb
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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 Harry Thurston Peck
The words had scarce passed his lips, when a loud clangour reverberated upon the air.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
Overhead, with shrill clangour, single file and in long wavering V lines, wing geese migrating southward for the season.
From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut
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 Mayne Reid
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