Example Sentences

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Then I tried in vain to pin the thing down, and cut it, but it eluded me, and in my frustration I was clanking my knife on the plate.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In the meanwhile the launch was coming round with backed propeller, and in another moment or two she was clanking away into the darkness that descended suddenly, towards the Cumbria.

From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold

A stableman was clanking about the yard, where some sheep were penned.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

Already the steam capstan was clanking dolorously as fathom after fathom of chain crept with seeming reluctance through the hawse-pipe.

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.

A stableman came on the run to take the mare, and Forrest, scarce pausing for a word about a horse by the name of Duddy, was clanking his spurs into the Big House.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack