were clinking
- past progressive of clink.
Example Sentences
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Even before the night’s performances began, attendees were clinking glasses and giving lingering hugs — the kind befitting the last day of summer camp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
At the Long Bar of Meikle's Hotel in Salisbury, white Rhodesians were clinking bottles and roaring the merry refrain of Land of Hope and Glory.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shahira holds out the power-up to me as if we were clinking glasses.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
The hooks at the rope ends were clinking against the poles.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Both chains were clinking, and again Dick's fury almost overcame him.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various
