clack
verb (used without object)
to make a quick, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking or cracking.
were clacking
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past progressiveof clack.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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“This is my friend,” the anorexic waitress said, looking at me in the rearview mirror, but the windshield wipers were clacking and I couldn’t catch the friend’s name.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 22, 2010
Thanks to Russian secrecy about the ship, and the press's failure to check, tongues were clacking furiously when Foreign Commissar Viacheslav Molotov arrived by plane from Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
Soon romantic villagers were clacking of arm-in-arm walks in twilight, unabashed embraces.
From Time Magazine Archive
“S.Q. was patting us on the backs so hard my teeth were clacking together.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Their scabby snouts were twitching triumphantly, and their teeth were clacking as close to my thumbs as they could get.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
