clunks
- present tense form of clunk (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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At no point is Desiree’s identity presented in a way that clunks with “very special episode” messaging or talking points.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025
He had only two hours rest the night before, and he remains sound asleep until the vehicle makes it back to base and the heavy steel handle by his ear clunks open.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022
But these clunks are essential to the Busch style, and not just because his plays, with the exception of his Broadway hit “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,” have usually been niche-taste, shoestring affairs.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2020
McIlroy clunks a chip 15 feet past the hole.
From The Guardian • May 17, 2019
This time it shifts a little, but then the rope slips through my hands and the trap clunks back on the bottom.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
