clink
verb (used with or without object)
to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound.
had clinked
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past perfectof clink.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Women across Australia had clinked glasses at her ascension: at last, the mold was smashed.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2013
As far as I could see, none of the officers who came aboard actually inspected the spot where boat and barge had clinked together.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2012
Clad in diplomatic cutaway, silk tie and striped trousers, he had clinked champagne glasses earlier this month with Warren R. Austin, chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations, during Austin's Caribbean tour.
From Time Magazine Archive
“You like your room?” she asked; and as she spoke he realized that she had been standing there waiting to hear the sound of his glass as it had clinked on the sink.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
As for us human yoke-fellows, chosen companions of toil, whose hoes had clinked together throughout the week, we wandered off, in various directions, to enjoy our interval of repose.
From The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne
