Example Sentences

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Johnson was dismissed in the 55th minute after clattering into Lopez, a needless challenge that initially earned a yellow card from Erik Lambrechts before VAR sent him trudging to the dressing room.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

And the clattering syncopated loop that repeats through “Oblivion” is there mostly as a contrast to the wispy and diaphanous vocals, which are so thin and leavened with reverb that they threaten to float away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Excavators clawed at the remnants of Iron Gate Dam, clattering loudly as they unloaded tons of earth and rock into dump trucks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

Danni Wyatt pours salt into the wounds two balls later by clattering the ball away for another boundary.

From BBC • May 18, 2024

From the hall, a metallic clattering sound, doors opening, doors closing.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti