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Example sentences for "clanked"

Lexicographically close words:
clangorous; clangour; clangs; clangula; clank; clanking; clannish; clannishness; clans; clanship
  1. The council of war clanked off to see if Mr. Wardrop's words were true.

  2. The bell of a church invisible clanked softly.

  3. The loaded wagon clanked slowly up the incline, drew near, and rode like a ship at anchor against the scotches, brushing the stack with a crisp, sharp sound.

  4. We went slowly along behind a heavy cart, which clanked and rattled under the dripping trees, with the hoofs of the horse moving with broad thuds in front.

  5. His arms were numb, and when at last Brokaw paused for a moment on the edge of a frozen stream Billy thrust out his hands, and clanked the steel rings.

  6. A startled gasp broke from his lips, and the handcuffs about his wrists clanked as he raised his hands to his face.

  7. The moon-jeep crunched and clanked loudly over the trail that led downhill.

  8. The moon-jeep crunched and clanked and rumbled over the gently undulating lava sea beneath its giant wheels.

  9. They carried carbines; these glinted in the sunshine, and clanked against the contracted walls of the rock stairway as they jostled each other in the ascent.

  10. He had half-a-dozen medals on his breast; his uniform was a compound of white and silver, with a helmet that literally blazed in the sun, and his spurs clanked louder than any other spurs in the gardens.

  11. If ever Mrs. Kingsward had held anyone at arm’s length in her life it was a certain captain of Dragoons who had clanked about everywhere after her daughters and herself for three weeks past.

  12. Some of the Castleton fences went for farrier's fires, and his hammer clanked noisily.

  13. He slapped his gun affectionately and clanked resolutely out of the door.

  14. Again the horn wailed its warning of the arch-priest's approach, whereat a stalwart hoplite in green painted armor clanked in, saluted stiffly and waited for Hero Giles' instructions.

  15. He stepped inside, and the gate clanked solemnly behind him.

  16. The train which bore Joe and his bride on their wedding journey clanked slowly through the yards following the line of the river.

  17. Their peavies clanked regularly, and the logs twirled out of their resting places and trundled into the stream.

  18. The blue sky seemed streaked with the bars of their prison; the green earth clanked as with the sombre tread of feet crossing flagstones.

  19. His uniform fairly sparkled with the thrill of vanity, which seemed to burst from every seam; his sword clanked madly against his nimble legs as he bowed and scraped his grateful recognition of the honour.

  20. The door in the back of the lock clanked open.

  21. He clanked away, his magnetic shoe-soles beating out a singularly martial rhythm.

  22. Their slipper soles clanked and clicked in an erratic rhythm.

  23. He clanked to the doorway by which he had entered.

  24. He twisted about as he floated, and his magnetized soles clanked to a deft contact with the wall.

  25. His metal soles clanked on the Moonship's hull.

  26. The good lady clanked the can down and pulled out the flat tin bath from under the bed before replying, which she did over her shoulder as she was leaving the room.

  27. Night fell and the headlights glared ahead, and the staff car clanked and clanked and grumbled and roared on through the darkness.

  28. Once a curiously-hatted policeman stared blankly at them under an arc lamp as the staff car clanked and rumbled past him.

  29. He walked steadily beside the horse, the load clanked behind as the hill descended steeper.

  30. Helen watched anxiously, afraid that they might have another breakdown but the old machine clanked along steadily and she picked up the mounting pile of papers and returned to her task of folding.

  31. The press shook itself out of its week-long slumber, groaned in protest at the thought of printing another week's issue, but at the continued urging of the powerful motor, clanked into motion.

  32. The old machine clanked back and forth, gathering momentum for the final run of the week.

  33. The stiff, thickset figure of the man who clanked up the steps of the porch was unfamiliar to her.

  34. The amiable Mr. Mablethorpe accordingly switched off the current, and the engine clanked itself into a state of coma.

  35. Just then, a fearful blast shook the house, and the boat's chain clanked nearer.

  36. As the chain clanked in the ring, the door opened, and a woman and child looked out.

  37. The rider had clanked into the court, a tired yet wary man, always looking for the attack upon him that was inevitable and might come from any quarter; and he had walked right upon little Fay.

  38. The dusty-booted and long-spurred riders clanked noisily into the grove of cottonwoods and disappeared in the shade.

  39. He had only dismounted when the engine clanked into the station square.

  40. A tall young officer, wearing a silver helmet, and accompanied by a glittering staff, clanked past; with him the lieutenant of reserves, gesticulating.

  41. The bullet caught the man in the midst of his leap; he spun round, his sword clanked to the floor, and he fell.

  42. Craig snapped, and as Taia started across a spear came hurtling from the mob behind, and clanked against the rocky wall on the far side.

  43. But when Baron Kasimir had clanked up the turret stairs, each step bringing to her many a memory of him who should have been there, and when he had been led to the bedside, he was completely taken by surprise.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clanked" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.