How to Use clink in a Sentence

clink

1 of 2 verb
  • When she'd completed the toast, they clinked glasses.
  • Ulloa stood up and clinked his glass to quiet the group.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Servers were trading off shifts and the bar was clinking away.
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Iris stands up abruptly, and the glasses in Ben’s hands clink.
    — Clare Sestanovich, Harper's Magazine, 23 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 glass can clink together and break in the bag without padded dividers.
    — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 27 July 2023
  • Swift raised her Cosmo in salute and clinked glasses around the table.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Our buckteeth clinked painfully.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The sound of laughter and clinking glass pours out of the windows and onto the streets.
    — Jonathan Terrell, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The synthesizer riff starts to clink.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Other off-base fans want to clink metaphorical glasses of chianti with him.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 28 June 2020
  • Now, for Frank, home sounds like laughter and coffee cups clinking over breakfast.
    — Refinery29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Corn starch works both as a thickener for the sauce and also helps it to clink to the vegetables better.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The cubes clink against the sides and slowly melt around me, bringing my body temperature back to bearable.
    — Katie Lockhart, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Fashionistas, artists, and business people clink glasses at the bar and claim a corner of a couch to catch up.
    — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The trek up the swinging staircase, twinkle lights clinking with each step, had my heart pounding for more reason than one.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Reynolds clinked glasses with the Pearl owner Luther Pinckney.
    — Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Next comes the row of campus garages wrapped with metal screens—everything is sculpture, maybe—which ripple and clink in the wind.
    — Danielle Dutton, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Try to clink on things in the menu and review 2nd or 3rd level pages, as scammers don’t often have time to build these out.
    — Robin Ryan, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • As the night progressed, cocktail glasses continued to clink while a tasty île flottante dessert made its way to each table.
    — Avon Dorsey, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Basel offers a dizzying amount of options for those looking to clink cocktail classes and dance on the beach till the early hours of the night.
    — Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Pink, who seemingly snapped the picture, held her glass of beer out as her husband, seated across the table from her, clinked his own beer against hers.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Everyone in the room seemed to know each other, laughing and clinking glasses in lively clusters.
    — Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Other photos featured the four in a selfie as well as Haack and Heather clinking glasses at the bar.
    — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
  • In the first pic, the quartet smile for the camera while clinking their Champagne glasses and then take a sip of bubbly in the second.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Making fences with hanging metal strips that clink and clank in the wind, also known as Kasaine fences, makes for a good noise deterrent.
    — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Take your wine haul and relax in the backyard, on a balcony or on the couch, clink your glasses and ask Mom to regale you with stories from her youth.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The video incorporates ominous music and the inmate’s clinking chains.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The Democrat and Republican pour two fingers each, then clink glasses.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Pictures show the 818 founder mixing cocktails behind the bar, clinking glasses with the chef, and posing of course.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 12 Aug. 2023

clink

2 of 2 noun
  • The low hum of jazz drifts through the air, mingling with warm lighting and the quiet clink of glasses.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • There’s no rush here, just salty air, slow weekends, and the soft clink of champagne glasses at sunset.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2025
  • Just then Mistuss Margery speared a fillet of bluefish—a sharp clink!
    — David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Particles and blur and the muffled clink and thump of the paddleboard.
    — Leanne Shapton, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
  • When given a shake, the piece emits echoing clinks evocative of rushing water.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Two taps of the sentry’s cane on the ancient stone floor signals a change of guard, ushering in a clink of spurs and swords.
    — WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The beer brand encourages users to exchange details or connect on social media with each clink.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Or will the Carolina faithful clink their frothy skate mugs in celebration?
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Autumn arrives in a blaze of golden forests accompanied by the hearty clink of steins—as age-old tradition raise a toast.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The energy and excitement of a diverse crowd buzzes as silverware and glasses clink.
    — Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • There’s a thud and a clink and with a whir — really more of a purring sound — the floor of Steinmetz Hall springs into action.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 10 Jan. 2022
  • There’s nothing more festive than that pop of Champagne and a resounding clink of glasses to ring in the holiday season.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 19 Dec. 2022
  • But near the end of the assembly line, in a nook where pencils are imprinted with their logos, the sound is no more than the soft clink of the perfect little sticks falling into a heap.
    — Danny Freedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
  • Just his expressionless face and the sharp clink of tiny metal—Mistuss Margery hotly poking at pieces of fish, heedless that no one else had been served.
    — David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2020
  • After everyone clinks drinks, Jesse, 30, inquires about Paige’s whereabouts.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Sound has nowhere to go but back at you, amplifying every clink and clatter until your reasonable-volume conversation doesn’t stand a chance.
    — Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
  • In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.
    — Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
  • For the ever-important clink of the glasses, there’s French champagne and Anderson Valley brut as well as sparkling wine concoctions, such as a sage and honey-pear cocktail.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • To me, the tinkling glasses and ringing silverware are easily ignorable, the hodgepodge of clinks and clatters immediately fading into the background.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Grand declarations of feelings aren’t really the show’s style, and Unstable underplays the moment with a wry recap of their misadventures together and a quick clink of glasses.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Behind the glass doors of an unassuming building in Manhattan, staring across a shuttered print shop, a shadowy world stirred, coming alive with the flick of cards, the muted clink of glasses and the quiet hum of a dangerous secret.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In its efforts to be a little more like the French Riviera, the Miami circuit made room for 10 yachts so that a very select group of high-paying fans could kick off their shoes, clink glasses, and follow the race from the comfort of a teak deck.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 8 May 2022

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