Example Sentences

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Then, when hope was running out after three Norwegian shots had clanged off one post or another, Norway finally broke through.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2011

The old fire engine which had clanged happily around the green-banked dirt roads was back in its barn.

From Time Magazine Archive

But their real lives began at night when the great doors of the holds had clanged shut on them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not until the doors had clanged shut again did Percy realize he was in a lift with his father.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

“Will I go back home soon?” asked Robin fearfully, for the gate had clanged shut behind them as if it had been closed forever.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli