Example Sentences
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MPs may find the clangs irritating but they should be grateful they weren't working in the Canadian Parliament in the 1980s.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024
Looking for a muse, the 26-year-old found one in the clangs, hisses and whistles of a train trip to Boston.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
The two dancers, accompanied by metronomic clicks and clangs, oscillated like parts of a machine built to do a pendular, hip-wagging dance like the floss.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2022
The clangs of the passing trolleys and beeps of the pedestrian walk signals echoed in the downtown area’s near-empty streets.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2020
It slips and clangs to the floor, then spins like a clock hand.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
