How to Use clack in a Sentence

clack

1 of 2 verb
  • I heard her heels clacking down the hall.
  • He clacked his teeth together.
  • The nails are clacking on the floor.
    — Sergio Candido, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The nails are clacking on the floor.
    — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Babe, that clacking fan is long gone.
    — E.r. Pulgar, SPIN, 10 June 2026
  • The keys once again make a joyful click and clack with each press.
    — Michael Andronico, CNN Underscored, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Sticks clacked in quick succession as passes moved up the ice.
    — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • My jaw stopped clacking and my body stopped vibrating.
    — Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Remember when a person would clack fresh pepper over your bowl of dish?
    — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 1 July 2020
  • Bellais used to climbing the stairwell from dog run to spa, nails clacking on the steps.
    — Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2017
  • Teachers talk about being warned against wearing shoes that clack and clothes that rustle.
    — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 31 May 2018
  • The sea was shamelessly turquoise, the clouds feathery; the palm fronds clacked like castanets.
    — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 2 June 2023
  • The inner sanctum has long tables with dozens of tech people clacking away.
    — Ben Stewart, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2018
  • Antlers clacked on antlers, cartilage snapped, and the breath of three thousand animals rose over the fence.
    — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Peer pressure had brought me to this moment, clacking in my wooden sandals to the altar.
    — Sara Eckel, Longreads, 1 June 2018
  • Madonna sings over slow-clacking drums and semi-poignant violins.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 July 2019
  • The clacking rattle of steel wheels on steel rails creates a lulling percussive soundtrack.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The bill clack from a giant pterosaur, one with a nine-foot-long skull, could have been deafening to a wide range of creatures at close range.
    — Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Renowned Lego artist Nathan Sawaya has gone from snapping bricks to clacking the keyboard.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 June 2018
  • Prigozhina calls authoritatively as the agents’ heels clack on the glossy wood floors.
    — Curbed, 19 Dec. 2022
  • With tour groups of kids laughing, heels clacking, gavels slamming as leaders bring lawmakers to order.
    — Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Emily said the sound of the keys clacking still resonates today, per ABC.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Fans were clacking and music was bumping as floats, cars and dancers filled Broadway Boulevard.
    — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
  • Typewriters still clack, and cigarettes (lots of cigarettes) get smoked.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Glasses clink and shakers clack as bartenders race to keep up with the thirsty crowd reclining on velvet sofas and drinking in the view.
    — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2022
  • Clicking and clacking, a tiny wooden marionette lifts an apple to his mouth ad infinitum.
    — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
  • The words rang out like tiny little hammers clacking out your message…clear and uncomplicated.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • The shuffling, click-clacking rhythms, twangy basslines, and pearly synths of my parents’ home country have only sounded better with time.
    — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
  • One by one, the comments unfurled like clacking destinations on a train-departure board.
    — Jamie Lauren Keiles, The New Yorker, 22 May 2017
  • Some species will sashay and shimmy and shriek; others are more muted, satisfied to simply bow and nod, and click and clack their beaks together.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2021

clack

2 of 2 noun
  • The sudden clack of the key hitting the plate would wake him.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Who wouldn't want to wear a cool hat, toot the whistle and clickety-clack down the tracks?
    — Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • Sergine could hear the clack of computer keys on the other end of the line.
    — Washington Post, 6 June 2020
  • As the bullet weight clinks and clacks along the bottom, bass will key in on your rig and follow it.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Williams sisters, with the click-and-clack hymn of their beads swinging from their hair?
    — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The moment burned brightly with the clacks of flip phones and the snaps of fingertips.
    — Cassie Owens, Philly.com, 24 May 2018
  • Plus, this song has such movement—almost like the clickety-clack of a train or the rubber tires on the rolling road.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Did the ox clack its hooves together, or chew its cud rhythmically?
    — Dave Barry, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2019
  • The only other sounds are from the sticks (some loud percussive clacks) or breathing.
    — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2018
  • It’s smartly done, though more could have been made of the rhythm of the heartbeat with the clickety-clack rhythm of a train in motion.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Wooden balconies look out over a courtyard that resonates with the clack of backgammon pieces and the clink of tea glasses.
    — Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Fishermen hung their catch outside their homes, and every now and then there was the distinctive clack of mah-jongg tiles.
    — Lucas Peterson, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2016
  • Up on the hillside, a freight train clacks into view, blasts its whistle three times and then rolls toward a distant horizon.
    — Tim Layden, SI.com, 28 June 2019
  • Manville is steely and proper, and watching her clack through the house in her tasteful black heels is a kind of medicinal pleasure.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The sound of a newspaper office in those days was the clack-clacking of sturdy typewriters.
    — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2018
  • After all, you’re used to the daily rhythms and noises of your animal friend, like the clickety-clack of nails on your wood floor.
    — Lianna Bass, SELF, 7 July 2022
  • Her folding Ollie chair flattens with the yank of a cord, and a satisfying clack!
    — Jane Margolies, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
  • The toy train click-clacks around the ceiling, if only occasionally.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Nov. 2025
  • As the coaster rises, the clickety-clack turns to screams and sparks in the night when the hydraulics securing the restraints fail.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The return trip was quieter, with the sun, the creaking cars and the steady click-clack of the train lulling many of the children, and some of the adults, to sleep.
    — New York Times, 11 June 2022
  • Ultimately, you’re left with the ability to bring new ideas to life with the stroke of a pen (or, more likely, clack of a keyboard).
    — Ellen McAlpine, CNN Underscored, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The usual click-clack chorus of the morning skate featured the sounds of drills, hammers, and at least one electric saw, not just those of skates and sticks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2019
  • There's also the sound of the keys to consider which ranges from ultra-quiet to what could be a comforting clickety-clack.
    — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2022
  • But there's also the unmistakable rhythmic sway and clickety-clack of being on a railroad.
    — Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • The Commodores will compete in a game-like setting for the first half and likely play during a running clack in the second half.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The capture button on your phone’s camera app still makes the mechanical clack of a physical shutter.
    — Meghan O'Gieblyn, Wired, 16 June 2021
  • Tactile switches provide a small bump and subdued clack to confirm registered keystrokes.
    — Stephen Slaybaugh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Throttle response is satisfyingly linear, and the gear lever clack-clacks across the open gate in trad Ferrari style.
    — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2022
  • Students being tested on computers each sat in a private room so the clickety-clack of the keyboards wouldn’t disturb classmates.
    — Douglas Belkin, WSJ, 24 May 2018
  • The rattling clickety clack of a skateboard rolling across concrete is music to the ears of novice and experienced skaters alike and no place is that sound heard more often than at a skate park.
    — Rebecca Treon, Chron, 29 Jan. 2023

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