clink
verb (used with or without object)
to make or cause to make a light, sharp, ringing sound.
were clinking
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past progressiveof clink.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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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
Hammers were clinking, spanners and screw wrenches rattling on nuts, and the work in progress was being patiently watched, the engine-house and boilers being for the time unnoticed.
From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hal Hurst
