clang
verb (used without object)
to give out a loud, resonant sound, as that produced by a large bell or two heavy pieces of metal striking together.
were clanging
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past progressiveof clang.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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Demonstrators without pots were clanging on metal fences that lined the highway.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2023
By the early ’90s, the alarms were clanging away; bankruptcy came in 2001, then again in 2008.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2013
But as the doors of the hospitals were swinging open, the fiscal gates were clanging shut.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bells were clanging all over the place for an evening service.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
People were hurrying in and out; motors were humming; trolley gongs were clanging.
From Stubble by George Looms
