clatter
verb (used without object)
to make a loud, rattling sound, as that produced by hard objects striking rapidly one against the other.
was clattering
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past progressiveof clatter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Just about the time Carter was saying all those nice things, a new Louis Harris poll was clattering over the wires with some not-so-nice figures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Out the palace gate was clattering a coach of gilt and glass.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ussery was clattering across the Oklahoma flatland, perched like a raisin on the bare back of Kate, and celebrating a win over other mounted kids by riding straight into a water hole, Kate and all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even a crash failed to dampen his enthusiasm: during practice last month, he was clattering through Cortina's Curva di Arrive at 65 m.p.h. when the new sled hit a hidden crevice and stopped dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
A loose penny was clattering around so loudly in the drink holder that I almost reached up from under the sheet to grab it.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
